The People's Paper : A centenary history and anthology of Abantu-Batho /

This much-awaited volume uncovers the long-lost pages of the major African multilingual newspaper, Abantu-Batho. Founded in 1912 by African National Congress (ANC) convenor Pixley Seme, with assistance from the Swazi Queen, it was published up until 1931, attracting the cream of African politicians,...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Limb, Peter
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Johannesburg : Wits University Press, [2012]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
South African newspapers.
Politics and government.
Journalism.
Black people and mass media.
Black newspapers.
HISTORY / Africa / General
Journalisme > Afrique du Sud > Histoire.
Noirs et medias > Afrique du Sud.
Journalism > South Africa > History.
Black people and mass media > South Africa.
Black newspapers > South Africa > History.
South African newspapers > History.
South Africa.
Afrique du Sud > Politique et gouvernement > 20e siecle.
South Africa > Politics and government > 20th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : a centenary history of Abantu-Batho, the people's paper / Peter Limb
  • 'Only the bolder spirits' : politics, racism, solidarity and war in Abantu-Batho / Peter Limb
  • 'They must go to the Bantu Batho' : economics and education, religion and gender, love and leisure in the people's paper / Peter Limb
  • Pixley Seme and Abantu-Batho / Chris Saunders
  • Queen Labotsibeni and Abantu-Batho / Sara mkhonza
  • 'We of Abantu Batho' : Robert Grendon's brief and controversial editorship / Grant Christison
  • The Swazi royalty and the founding of Abantu-Batho in a regional context / Chris Lowe
  • Abantu-Batho and the Xhosa poets / Jeff Opland
  • African royalty, popular history and Abantu-Batho / Sfiso Mxolisi Ndlovu and Peter Limb
  • 'Johannesburg in flames' : the 1918 shilling campaign, Abantu-Batho and early African nationalism in South Africa / Paul Landau
  • Garveyism, Abantu-Batho and the radicalisation of the African National Congress during the 1920s / Robert Vinson
  • An African newspaper in central Johannesburg : the journalistic and associational context of Abantu-Batho / Peter Limb
  • Assessing the decline and legacy of Abantu-Batho / Peter Limb
  • Anthology.

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