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HIST 248S: Decolonization (2020)

Organized by Region

Africa

The Autobiography of Kwame Nkrumah by Kwame Nkrumah

Mhudi by Sol Plaatje

Voices of Liberation by Steve Biko

Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela (600 pgs)

The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela by Nelson Mandela, edited by Sahm Venter (600 pgs)

Facing Mount Kenya; the tribal life of the Gikuyu by Jomo Kenyatta

The Challenge of Nationhood by Tom Mboya

Online Collections

The National History Center Decolonization Resource Collection: Africa (primary sources listed first)

Emerging Nationalism in Portuguese Africa, 1959-1965

The America's and the Caribbean

El Libertador: Writings of Simón Bolívar by Simón Bolívar

Selected Writings of Bolivar by Simón Bolívar

Revolutionary Struggle, 1947-58 by Fidel Castro

Database of speeches by Fidel Castro

Cahiers d’un retour au pays natal (poetry) by Aimé Césaire

Online Collections

The National History Center Decolonization Resource Collection: Americas (primary sources listed first)

 

The Arab World

The Question by Henri Alleg

A Border Passage by Leila Ahmed (ask Professor Nunez for a copy)

Year of the Elephant by Leila Abouzeid

Return to Childhood: the Memoir of a Modern Moroccan Woman by Leila Abouzied (request through InterLibrary Loan)

Online Collections

The National History Center Decolonization Resource Collection: North Africa and the Middle East (primary sources listed first)

Asia

Ghandi

Mao Zedong?

Hồ Chí Minh: Selected Articles and Speeches by Hồ Chí Minh

Hồ Chí Minh on Revolution, Selected Writings 1920-66 by Hồ Chí Minh

Toward Freedom: the Autobiography of Jawaharlal Nehru by Jawaharlal Nehru

The Discovery of India by Jawaharlal Nehru (600 pgs)

Online Collections

Vietnam Virtual Archive at Texas Tech University

National History Center Decolonization Resource Collection: Asia (primary Sources listed first)

 

The Pacific

Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen by Liliuokalani
Also available online: provided by UPenn

Online Collections

The National History Center Decolonization Resource Collection: Pacific (primary sources listed first)

Additional Sources


National History Center - Decolonization Resources by Theme

Other Library Guides about Decolonization:

Ryerson University

Columbia University