Revolutionary state-making in Dar es Salaam : African liberation and the global Cold War, 1961-1974 / George Roberts.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roberts, George, 1990- author.

Series:

African studies series ; 156.

African studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National liberation movements--Africa--History--20th century.

National liberation movements.

Decolonization--Africa--History--20th century.

Decolonization.

Cold War.

History.

Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)--History--20th century.

Dar es Salaam (Tanzania).

Tanzania--Politics and government--1964-.

Tanzania.

Politics and government.

Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)--Intellectual life--20th century.

Intellectual life.

Africa.

Tanzania--Dar es Salaam.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xv, 329 pages : maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Summary:

"From Tanganyika's independence in 1961 to the collapse of the Portuguese empire in 1974, Dar es Salaam was an epicentre of revolution in Africa. The representatives of anticolonial liberation movements set up offices in the city, attracting the interest of the Cold War powers, who sought to expand their influence in the Third World. Meanwhile, the Tanzanian government sought to translate independence into meaningful decolonisation through an ambitious project to build a socialist state. This chapter explains how the lens of the city reveals the connections between the dynamics of the Cold War, decolonisation, and socialist state-making in Tanzania. It locates this approach among new approaches to the history of the Cold War, decolonisation, and global cities. Scattered across continents, the post-colonial archive offers the potential for exploring the revolutionary dynamics which intersected in Dar es Salaam"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The making of a Cold War city in eastern Africa

Revisiting the politics of the Arusha Declaration

Dilemmas of non-alignment : Tanzania and the German Cold War

The assassination of Eduardo Mondlane : Mozambican revolutionaries in Dar es Salaam

Tanzania's '68 : Cold War interventions, youth protest, and global anti-imperialism

Decolonising the media : press and politics in revolutionary Dar es Salaam

Mwongozo : the African revolution, reloaded.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Roberts, George. Politics, decolonisation, and the Cold War in Dar es Salaam c.1965-72 Revolutionary state-making in Dar es Salaam

ISBN:

9781108845731

1108845738

9781108964951

1108964958

OCLC:

1249092616