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1 online resource |
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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 |
| Summary |
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, journalists and poets Mqhayi, Nontsisi Mgqweth, and Grendon. In its pages burning issues of the day were articulated alongside cultural by-ways. The People’s Paper - comprising both essays and an anthology - explores the complex movements and individuals that emerged in the almost twenty years of its publication. The essays contribute rich, new material to provide clearer insights into South African politics and intellectual life. The anthology unveils a judicious selection of never-before published columns from the paper spanning every year of its life and drawn from repositories on three continents. Abantu-Batho had a regional and international focus, and by examining all these dynamics across boundaries and disciplines, The People’s Paper transcends established historiographical frontiers to fill a lacuna that scholars have long lamented |
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South African newspapers -- History
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Black newspapers -- South Africa -- History
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Black people and mass media -- South Africa
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Journalism -- South Africa -- History
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HISTORY / Africa / General
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Black newspapers
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Black people and mass media
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Journalism
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Politics and government
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South African newspapers
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South Africa -- Politics and government -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125489
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South Africa
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Limb, Peter
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| ISBN |
9781868145928 |
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1868145921 |
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