Pan-Africanism and Communism: The Communist International, Africa and the Diaspora, 1919-1939

by Hakim Adi

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This book examines the interaction between the Communist International (Comintern) and the global struggle for the liberation of Africa and the African Diaspora during the inter-war period. In particular, it focuses on the history of the International Trade Union Committee of Negro Workers (ITUCNW), established by the Red International of Labour Unions (Profintern) in 1928 and its activities in Africa, the United States, the Caribbean and Europe.

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This book examines the interaction between the Communist International (Comintern) and the global struggle for the liberation of Africa and the African Diaspora during the inter-war period. In particular, it focuses on the history of the International Trade Union Committee of Negro Workers (ITUCNW), established by the Red International of Labour Unions (Profintern) in 1928 and its activities in Africa, the United States, the Caribbean and Europe.

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Hakim Adi is Professor of the History of Africa and the African Diaspora at the University of Chichester, UK. His recent publications include Pan-African History: Political figures from Africa and the Diaspora since 1787(2003) and Pan-Africanism and Communism: The Communist International, Africa and the Diaspora, 1919-1939(2013).

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Pan-Africanism and Communism : the Communist International, Africa and the diaspora, 1919-1939
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2013
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English

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Nonfiction, Politics and Government, History, General Nonfiction
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320.53208996Society, Government, and CulturePolitical scienceTypes of GovernmentPolitical ideologiesRadicalism, collectivism, fascismCommunism
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HD6305 .B56Social sciencesIndustries. Land use. LaborIndustries. Land use. LaborLabor. Work. Working classClasses of labor

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