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 ; 156

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

National liberation movements.

Cold War.

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

Decolonization.

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

Dar es Salaam (Tanzania).

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

Tanzania--Politics and government--1964-.

Tanzania.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 329 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Summary:

Tracing Dar es Salaam's rise and fall as an epicentre of Third World revolution, George Roberts explores the connections between the global Cold War, African liberation struggles, and Tanzania's efforts to build a socialist state. Instead of understanding decolonisation through a national lens, he locates the intersection of these dynamics in a globally-connected city in East Africa. Revolutionary State-Making in Dar es Salaam introduces a vibrant cast of politicians, guerrilla leaders, diplomats, journalists, and intellectuals whose trajectories collided in the city. In its cosmopolitan and rumour-filled hotel bars, embassy receptions, and newspaper offices, they grappled with challenges of remaking a world after empire. Yet Dar es Salaam's role on the frontline of the African revolution and its provocative stance towards global geopolitics came at considerable cost. Roberts explains how Tanzania's strident anti-imperialism ultimately drove an authoritarian turn in its socialist project and tighter control over the city's public sphere.

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:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Sep 2021).

ISBN:

1-108-99772-4

1-108-99752-X

1-108-99072-X

OCLC:

1264747665