The Last British Liberals in Africa
Michael Blundell and Garfield Todd
- 312 pages
- English
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The Last British Liberals in Africa
Michael Blundell and Garfield Todd
About this book
A study of the clash of two traditions, British liberalism and African nationalism, and an examination of how Michael Blundell in Kenya and Garfield Todd in Zimbabwe used their liberal backgrounds to further the future of their adopted countries, despite threats and detention. Both Blundell and Todd believed that political leaders had a responsibility to serve the needs of the people as a condition of national development. By the time each came to power, European colonization had had a profoundly negative effect on the lives of Africans; Blundell and Todd sought to correct this by putting their positive views of Africans into practice. While colonial governments designed strategies for controlling Africans to serve political and economic interests at home in Europe, Africans themselves established their own effective strategy, not only to ensure their survival in the colonial setting, but also to initiate a process for the restoration of their sense of self. Michael Blundell and Garfield Todd, with their liberal beliefs, served as excellent allies in this period of a rising African consciousness. Using sources obtained in Kenya and Zimbabwe over the past 15 years, this work examines democratic traditions that have survived tumultuous times in recent years.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. The Political History of Kenya
- 2. The Political History of Zimbabwe
- 3. Michael Blundell: The Man and His Mission
- 4. Garfield Todd: The Man and His Mission
- 5. Michael Blundellās Role in the Political Development of Kenya
- 6. Garfield Toddās Role in the Political Crisis in Zimbabwe
- 7. Blundellās Relations with Africans
- 8. Michael Blundell and Garfield Todd as the Last British Liberals in Africa: Summary, Conclusion, and Implications
- Selected Bibliography
- Index