Limb The People’s Paper

A centenary history and anthology of Abantu-Batho
Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-1-86814-850-9
Verlag: Wits University Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, EPUB

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Limb, Peter

Weitere Mitwirkende

Switzer, Les

Limb, Peter

Saunders, Christopher

Mkhonza, Sarah

Christison, Grant

Lowe, Christopher

Opland, Jeff

Ndlovu, Sifiso Mxolisi

Landau, Paul

Vinson, Robert Trent

Über Autor(innen)

Saunders, Christopher
Christopher Saunders is Emeritus Professor in the History department at the University of Cape Town and is involved with the Archive and Public Culture Research Initiative.

Christison, Grant
Grant Christison is an English Language Instructor at the Bay Language Institute at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.

Lowe, Christopher
Christopher Lowe is a freelance writer, editor, researcher in Portland, Oregon.

Opland, Jeff

Jeff Opland, visiting professor of African Language Literatures in the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and visiting professor in the School of Languages, Rhodes University, is an acclaimed scholar specialising in Xhosa literature. His recent works include The Nation’s Bounty: The Xhosa Poetry
of Nontsizi Mgqwetho (Wits University Press, 2007) and editions and translations of the work of Isaac Williams Wauchope (Van Riebeeck Society, 2008) and S. E. K. Mqhayi’s historical and biographical writings (Wits University Press, 2009).

Mkhonza, Sarah
Sarah Mkhonza is a writer, educator and women's rights activist.

Ndlovu, Sifiso Mxolisi

Sifiso Mxolisi Ndlovu is Professor of History at the University of South Africa and executive director at the South African Democracy Education Trust.

Landau, Paul
Paul Landau is a professor in the History department at the University of Maryland in College Park.

Limb, Peter

Peter Limb is an adjunct associate professor and Africana bibliographer at Michigan State University. His recent books include A. B. Xuma’s Autobiography and Selected Works (VRS, 2012), The ANC’s Early Years (Unisa Press, 2010),
Grappling with the Beast (Brill, 2010) and Nelson Mandela: A Biography (Greenwood, 2008).

Vinson, Robert Trent
Robert TRENTVinson is a university associate professor for Teaching Excellence in History at the College of William and Mary. His recent books include The Americans Are Coming! Dreams of African American Liberation in Segregationist South Africa (Ohio University Press, 2012), Crossing the Water: African Americans and South Africa, 1890–1965, with Robert Edgar and David Anthony (forthcoming, Ohio University Press) and Shaka’s Progeny: Zulu Culture and the Making of the Modern Atlantic World with Benedict Carton.

Limb, Peter

Peter Limb is an adjunct associate professor and Africana bibliographer at Michigan State University. His recent books include A. B. Xuma’s Autobiography and Selected Works (VRS, 2012), The ANC’s Early Years (Unisa Press, 2010),
Grappling with the Beast (Brill, 2010) and Nelson Mandela: A Biography (Greenwood, 2008).

Peter Limb is an adjunct associate professor and Africana bibliographer at Michigan State University. His recent books include A. B. Xuma’s Autobiography and Selected Works (VRS, 2012), The ANC’s Early Years (Unisa Press, 2010),
Grappling with the Beast (Brill, 2010) and Nelson Mandela: A Biography (Greenwood, 2008).