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‘Hands off Africa!’ So what has happened since that post-War independence clarion call?

‘Hands off Africa!’ So what has happened since that post-War independence clarion call?

by Talking Humanities | Dec 29, 2018 | History & Classics, Human Rights

‘Hands off Africa’, The first All-African Peoples’ Conference, held in Ghana in December 1958, had a tremendous impact on the African independence movement. Dr Mandy Banton, David Wardrop and Dr Susan Williams report on ‘Hands off Africa!!’ The 1958 All African...
Bloomsbury’s history of human rights activism

Bloomsbury’s history of human rights activism

by Talking Humanities | Jan 24, 2017 | Graduate Study, History & Classics, Human Rights, Politics & Law, Research & Resources

Rachael Anne Roberts, a student on the School of Advanced Study’s MA in Understanding and Securing Human Rights, retraces the history of human rights activism in Bloomsbury by walking in the footsteps of some of its past residents. London has a rich history of human...
Malcolm Fraser: a giant of the Commonwealth

Malcolm Fraser: a giant of the Commonwealth

by aseifert | Apr 2, 2015 | Analysis & Comment, Features, History & Classics, Republished

By Dr Sue Onslow, senior research fellow, Institute of Commonwealth Studies. On 27 March 2015, Australians gathered to pay their respects to former Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser in a state funeral following the politician’s death late last week. As Singaporeans...

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