A Motorcycle on Hell Run

Tanzania, Black Power, and the Uncertain Future of Pan-Africanism, 1964–1974

Seth M. Markle (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

289 Seiten

2017
Michigan State University Press (Verlag)
978-1-61186-252-2 (ISBN)

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Between 1964 and 1974 Tanzania came to be regarded as a model nation and a leading frontline state in the struggle for African liberation on the continent and beyond. During this time, a number of African American and Caribbean nationalists, leftists, and pan-Africanists traveled to and settled in Tanzania to join the country that many believed to be leading Africa’s liberation struggle. This historical study examines the political landscape of that crucial moment when African American, Caribbean, and Tanzanian histories overlapped, shedding light on the challenges of creating a new nation and the nature of African American and Caribbean participation in Tanzania’s nationalist project. In examining the pragmatic partnerships and exchanges between socialist Tanzania and activists and organizations associated with the Black Power movements in the United States and the Caribbean, this study argues that the Tanzanian one-party government actively engaged with the diaspora and sought to utilize its political, cultural, labor, and intellectual capital to further its national building agenda, but on its own terms, creating tension within the pan-Africanism movement. An excellent resource for academics and nonacademics alike, this work is the first of its kind, revealing the significance of the radical political and social movements of Tanzania and what it means for us today.

Seth M. Markle is an Associate Professor of History and International Studies at Trinity College whose work focuses on the histories of political and cultural exchange between Africa and the African Diaspora. His articles and chapters have appeared in The Black Scholar, Biography, and Politics of African Anticolonial Archive.

Contents Preface Introduction Abbreviations Part 1: Encounters Chapter 1. Malcolm X, A. M. Babu, and the Seeds of Solidarity Chapter 2. Growth and Conflict in SNCC-Tanzania Relations Part 2: Doings Chapter 3. Walter Rodney, African Students, and the Struggle to Define University Education Chapter 4. The Drum and Spear Press and the Cultural Politics of Book Publishing Part 3: Undoing Chapter 5. Convergence and Rejection at the Sixth Pan-African Congress Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

Erscheinungsdatum	10.08.2017
Reihe/Serie	Ruth Simms Hamilton African Diaspora
Zusatzinfo	11
Verlagsort	East Lansing, MI
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-61186-252-3 / 1611862523
ISBN-13	978-1-61186-252-2 / 9781611862522
Zustand	Neuware