The fruits of freedom in British Togoland : literacy, politics and nationalism, 1914-2014 / Kate Skinner, University of Birmingham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Skinner, Kate (Katharine Alexandra Collier), author.

Series:

African studies series ; 132.

African studies series ; [132]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Decolonization--Ghana--History.

Decolonization.

Ghana--History--Autonomy and independence movements.

Ghana.

Ghana--Politics and government--20th century.

Togo--Politics and government--20th century.

Togo.

Ghana--Relations--Great Britain.

Great Britain--Relations--Ghana.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 298 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The end of World War I saw the former German protectorate of Togoland split into British- and French-administered territories. By the 1950s a political movement led by the Ewe ethnic group called for the unification of British and French Togoland into an independent multiethnic state. Despite the efforts of the Ewe, the United Nations trust territory of British Togoland was ultimately merged with the Gold Coast to become Ghana, the first independent nation in sub-Saharan Africa; French Togoland later declared independence as the nation of Togo. Based on interviews with former political activists and their families, access to private papers, and a collection of oral and written propaganda, this book examines the history and politics behind the failed project of Togoland unification. Kate Skinner challenges the marginalization of the Togoland question from popular and academic analyses of postcolonial politics and explores present-day ramifications of the contingencies of decolonization.

Contents:

Ablode : African political history, from below and from within

Godly teachers and clever rascals : southern British Togoland's intelligentsia

Education, citizenship and the "sacred trust"

Revealing stepfather's secrets : making and losing the case for Togoland reunification

Activists in exile : political possibility in the post-colony

"No-one will hear your name again" : the terms of the union

Of elephants and umbrellas : ablode in Ghana's political traditions.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-316-28890-0

1-316-32299-8

1-316-30961-4

1-316-32967-4

1-316-32633-0

1-316-33301-9

1-316-31963-6

1-139-87057-2