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Title:I.T.A. Wallace-Johnson and the West African youth league
Authors:Spitzer, LeoISNI
Denzer, LaRayISNI
Year:1973
Periodical:International Journal of African Historical Studies
Volume:6
Issue:3
Pages:413-452
Language:English
Geographic terms:English-speaking Africa
West Africa
Subjects:youth organizations
national liberation movements
External link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/216610
Abstract:Wallace-Johnson had an astonishing success in introducing Marxist ideas and mass-oriented politics to West Africa, and as founder and leader of the West African Youth League he became a major force in colonial politics in English-speaking West Africa, both hated and feared by British Colonial authorities. This article reveals as well the British efforts to suppress Wallace-Johnson's activities in the Gold Coast and Sierra Leone. The sections of part I are: early life - the Gold Coast period: 1933-january 1937 - London: March 1937-april 1938. Part II is concerned with his Sierra Leone period, 1938-1945. Notes.
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