Bøger af Marika Sherwood

A young man arrived in Liverpool from Nigeria around 1915, expecting to find the streets paved with gold. The Dingle area of Toxteth he settled in was instead depressed, poor, racist, and to his mind, ungodly. In 1931, he founded the African Churches Mission, in which he not only conducted services but also fed and clothed the poor of the community, and housed seamen and others denied accommodation due to the colour of their skin. He also provided a home for the unwanted children of local white women left behind by their fathers, African American servicemen who returned home when World War II ended. As a radical supporter of pro-independence and anti-racist movements in the African Diaspora, he was regarded as troublesome by the Establishment, and therefore received no state or voluntary support, not even from the Anti-Slavery Society. Nevertheless, he and his mission soldiered on for over thirty years, until the dilapidated building was finally demolished by the Council in 1964. Usin

Malcolm X Visits Abroad (April 1964 - February 1965) illuminates the life of the revolutionary Malcolm X, who became a very controversial and influential figure during the civil rights struggle in the United States. On February 21, 1965 the world was shocked by his sudden assassination in New York. Although much is known about Malcolm X, very little attention has been given to his heavily impactful travels around the world. In the last two years of his life, Malcolm travelled abroad many times, to Africa, the Middle East and Europe, meeting with both presidents and political activists. Malcolm X Visits Abroad, taken primarily from Malcolm's travel notebooks, newspaper coverage, and first-hand interviews, is the first publication to address this vital part of Malcolm's life. His visits abroad were extremely important in shaping his own outlook and defining his role in the world, and are crucial in understanding the ever mysterious and intriguing Malcolm X. Content:1. Mecca, Beirut and Cairo, April - May 19642. Nigeria and Ghana, May 17 - 21, 1964 (stop-overs in Monrovia, Dakar, Morocco, Algiers)3. New York, The founding of the OAAU (May - June 1964)4. London, Cairo and Further East (July - September 1964)5. Kenya, Tanganyika, Zanzibar, Addis Ababa (October 1964)6. Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia, Guinea, Algiers, Geneva and Paris (October - November 1964)7. London and Paris, 22 - 24 November 19648. New York, 24 - 30 November 19649. England, 1 - 6 December 196410.USA, December 1964 - February 196511.Britain and Paris, February 196512.The Return13.The post-mortems About the Author: Marika Sherwood was born in Hungary and has lived all over the world. While teaching in England she began researching Black history in Britain, more particularly the political activists of the past century. In 1991 she co-founded the Black and Asian Studies Association, which now campaigns for various educational issues.

A new edition of the groundbreaking biography of activist, newspaper editor and community organiser, Claudia Jones. Featuring a preface by Black feminist writer, Lola Olufemi, and an appendix compiled by Marika Sherwood. This is the first book in Lawrence Wishart's new Radical Black Women Series.

The history of a Pan-Africanist movement based in Britain and its role in the Cold War in Africa.

Henry Sylvester Williams has organized the African Association in 1897, and the first-ever Pan-African Conference in 1900. He is thus the progenitor of the OAU/AU. Some of those who attended went on to work in various pan-African organizations in their homelands. This book tells the life story of Williams.