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" Full of gripping historical vignettes and evocative photographs, an accessible overview of the dynamic figures who resisted colonization, from India, Senegal, and Algeria to Vietnam, Kenya, and Congo. Decolonization started on the very first day of colonization. From the arrival of the Europeans, the peoples of Africa and Asia rose up. No one willingly accepts subjugation, but in order to one day regain freedom, you first and foremost need to stay alive. Faced with the Europeans&rsquo,machine guns, the colonized hit back in other ways: from civil disobedience to communist revolution, by way of soccer and literature. It was a struggle marked by infinite patience and unlimited determination, fought by heroic men and women now largely unknown.  ,nbsp,nbsp,nbsp,ondensing a wealth of scholarly research into short, lively chapters, Decolonization brings their extraordinary stories to light:  ,nbsp,nbsp,nbsp,anikarnika Tambe, the Indian queen who led her troops into battle against the British,br〉 ,nbsp,nbsp,nbsp,ary Nyanjiru, the Kenyan activist who spearheaded a protest in Nairobi,br〉 ,nbsp,nbsp,nbsp,amine Senghor, the Senegalese infantryman who became an anti-colonial militant in Paris,br〉 ,nbsp,nbsp,nbsp,nd many more.  ,nbsp,nbsp,nbsp,ith them, a current of resistance swept the world, culminating in the independence of almost all the colonies in the 1960s. But at what price? In the atomic India of Indira Gandhi, in the Congo subjected to Mobutu&rsquo, dictatorship, or in a London shaken by the rioting of young immigrants, we can see just how crucial it is that we understand and learn from this painful history."
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Biographisches: " Pierre Singaravé,ou is British Academy Global Professor at King&rsquo, College London and Professor of History at Panthé,n-Sorbonne University. He has published numerous works on the history of empires, colonialism, and globalization, including A Past of Possibilities (with Quentin Deluermoz) and France in the World (editor, with Patrick Boucheron, et al). Karim Miské,/b〉 grew up in Paris and studied journalism in Dakar. Now resident in France, he makes documentary films on a wide range of subjects including deafness and the common roots between the Judaism and Islam. His first novel, Arab Jazz , won the Grand Prix de Litté,ature Policiè,e and the Prix du Goé,and Masqué, Marc Ball is a documentary filmmaker whose films set out to describe the world around us from the people&rsquo, perspective. He has directed, with Karim Miské, Tunisie, les voix de la revolution , for Arte, and Police, illé,itime violence , for France 3 and Public Sé,at. Willard Wood grew up in France and has translated more than thirty works of fiction and nonfiction from the French. He has won the Lewis Galantiè,e Award for Literary Translation and received a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Translation. He lives in Norfolk, Connecticut." Rezension(2): "〈a href=http://www.kirkusreviews.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/kirkus_logo.png alt=Kirkus border=0 /〉〈/a〉: October 1, 2022 Brief historical biographies and photographs of a variety of fighters for independence from colonial rule. In this collaborative work first published in France in 2020, the authors present short narratives of crusaders for justice and independence from colonizers, ranging from India to Congo to Algeria. The book is divided into three parts: Apprenticeship (1857-1926), Liberation (1927-1954), and The World Is Ours (1956-present). Refreshingly, many of the figures profiled are little known to general readers: Manikarnika Tambe, queen of Jhansi, who refused to surrender to the British during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 (she died fighting, never thinking that she would become the great heroine of Indian independence),Alice Seeley Harris, a British missionary in King Leopold's Congo who documented ongoing atrocities with her camera and revealed them to the world (the incontrovertible evidence of the pictures provoked the first humanitarian scandal in modern times),early Kenyan activist Mary Muthoni Nyanjiru, who helped lead the women busily inventing a new society, a society not controlled by men,and Gandhi's colleague Sarojini Naidu, who fought tirelessly for her sisters, the forgotten women of India--the widows, the unmarried, the women killed over a dowry dispute, the girls married off at age nine. The French authors particularly focus on the anti-colonial struggles of French African countries, spotlighting the crusading work of Senegalese-born Lamine Senghor, French Army veteran, journalist, and militant communist,Vietnamese Communist leader Nguyen Ai Quoc, later to be known as Ho Chi Minh,and a host of Algerian independence activists and fighters. The authors cite Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar for his activism to abolish the caste system in India, especially for the untouchables, and Congo leader Patrice Lumumba's hope to be a part of his country's new ruling class is both inspiring and heartbreaking. With bold graphics and photographs and fiery depictions, the book is a fitting addition to any library collection on global colonialism and activism. Eye-catching work that highlights moving stories of commitment and sacrifice. COPYRIGHT(2022) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. " Rezension(3): "〈a href=http://www.publishersweekly.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/pw_logo.png alt=Publisher's Weekly border=0 /〉〈/a〉: October 10, 2022 Historian Singarav233"
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