{"product_id":"decolonization-unsung-heroes-of-the-resistance-paperback","title":"Decolonization: Unsung Heroes of the Resistance - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePierre Singaravélou\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKarim Miské\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMarc Ball\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFull 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.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDecolonization started on the very first day of colonization.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom 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' 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.\u003cbr\u003e Condensing a wealth of scholarly research into short, lively chapters, \u003ci\u003eDecolonization \u003c\/i\u003ebrings their extraordinary stories to light: \u003cbr\u003e Manikarnika Tambe, the Indian queen who led her troops into battle against the British;\u003cbr\u003e Mary Nyanjiru, the Kenyan activist who spearheaded a protest in Nairobi;\u003cbr\u003e Lamine Senghor, the Senegalese infantryman who became an anti-colonial militant in Paris;\u003cbr\u003e and many more.\u003cbr\u003e With 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's 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePierre Singaravélou\u003c\/b\u003e is British Academy Global Professor at King's College London and Professor of History at Panthéon-Sorbonne University. He has published numerous works on the history of empires, colonialism, and globalization, including \u003ci\u003eA Past of Possibilities \u003c\/i\u003e(with Quentin Deluermoz) and \u003ci\u003eFrance in the World\u003c\/i\u003e (editor, with Patrick Boucheron, et al). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eKarim Miské\u003c\/b\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eArab Jazz\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière and the Prix du Goéland Masqué. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarc Ball\u003c\/b\u003e is a documentary filmmaker whose films set out to describe the world around us from the people's perspective. He has directed, with Karim Miské, \u003ci\u003eTunisie, les voix de la revolution\u003c\/i\u003e, for Arte, and \u003ci\u003ePolice, illégitime violence\u003c\/i\u003e, for France 3 and Public Sénat. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWillard Wood\u003c\/b\u003e grew up in France and has translated more than thirty works of fiction and nonfiction from the French. He has won the Lewis Galantière Award for Literary Translation and received a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Translation. He lives in Norfolk, Connecticut.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 8.9 x 5.91 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 03, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767363436832,"sku":"9781635421033","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9696817547bc048f835df668985acc56.webp?v=1780310093","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/decolonization-unsung-heroes-of-the-resistance-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}