Full Description
Building on the foundational work of the Rhodes-Livingstone Institute, the essays contained in Living the End of Empire offer a nuanced and complex picture of the late-colonial period in Zambia. The present volume, based on untapped archival material and sources that have emerged in recent years, throws new light on some of the historical trajectories that the teleological gaze of nationalist scholars tended to ignore or belittle. By bringing to view the deep-rooted tensions underlying the Zambian nationalist movement, the painful dilemmas faced by chiefly and religious institutions, and the contradictory experiences of European and Asian minorities, Living the End of Empire draws inspiration from - and contributes to - a growing literature that is concerned with the study of social, political and cultural forces that did not readily fit into the then dominant narratives of united anti-colonial struggles.
Contents
Contents
Dedication ...................................................................................................................vii
Andrew D. Roberts: An Appreciation ......................................................................ix
John McCracken
Background
1. Introduction: A New Take on Late Colonial Northern Rhodesia ....................3
Giacomo Macola, Jan-Bart Gewald and Marja Hinfelaar
2. Northern Rhodesia: The Post-War Background, 1945-1953 ..........................15
Andrew D. Roberts
The Polyphony of African Nationalism
3. Harry Mwaanga Nkumbula and the Formation of ZANC/UNIP: A Reinterpretation ......27
Giacomo Macola
4. Traditional Rulers, Nationalists and the Quest for Freedom in Northern Rhodesia in the 1950s ...........67
Walima T. Kalusa
5. The Realization of a Catholic Social Doctrine in the Context of the Rise of Nationalism in Northern Rhodesia in the 1950s ...............................91
Marja Hinfelaar
6. Odd Man Out: Labour, Politics and Dixon Konkola ...................................111
Kenneth P. Vickery
The Unsettled World of Settlers
7. Proletarians in Paradise: The Historiography and Historical Sociology of White Miners on the Copperbelt....141
Ian Phimister
8. Rivers of White: David Livingstone and the 1955 Commemorations in the Lost 'Henley-upon-Thames of Central Africa' ...................................161
Joanna Lewis
9. Fears and Fantasies in Northern Rhodesia, 1950-1960 ...............................207
Jan-Bart Gewald
10. Indian Political Activism in Colonial Zambia: The Case of Livingstone's Indian Traders ...................229
Friday Mufuzi
11. Cinemas, Spices and Sport: Recollections of Hindu Life in 1950s Northern Rhodesia ....................249
Joan M. Haig
Participating Observers
12. Historiography on the Luapula: Ian Cunnison's 'fi shing area', Mweru-Luapula, 1948-1959.......................273
Christopher M. Annear
13. Frances Bolton, Margaret Tibbetts and the US Relations with the Rhodesian Federation, 1950-1960 .......299
Andrew J. DeRoche
About the Authors ....................................................................................................327
Index ..........................................................................................................................329
