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http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dsp01fb494c574| Title: | African literature and the CIA : networks of authorship and publishing |
| Contributors: | Davis, Caroline |
| Keywords: | Publishers and publishing -- Political aspects -- Africa -- History -- 20th century. African literature -- Political aspects. Communism in literature. African literature -- Political aspects. Publishers and publishing -- Political aspects |
| Issue Date: | 2020 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Place of Publication: | Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY |
| Description: | Cambridge elements: During the period of decolonisation in Africa, the CIA covertly subsidised a number of African authors, editors and publishers as part of its anti-communist propaganda strategy. Managed by two front organisations, the Congress of Cultural Freedom and the Farfield Foundation, its Africa programme stretched across the continent. This Element unravels the hidden networks and associations underpinning African literary publishing in the 1960s; it evaluates the success of the CIA in secretly infiltrating and influencing African literary magazines and publishing firms, and examines the extent to which new circuits of cultural and literary power emerged.... |
| URI: | http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dsp01fb494c574 |
| ISBN: | 1108725546 (paperback) 9781108725545 (paperback) 9781316998205 (PDF ebook) 9781108663229 (PDF ebook) |
| Related resource: | https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/20B041DA056BA09282991D14DF33D6D5/9781108725545AR.pdf/african_literature_and_the_cia.pdf |
| Appears in Collections: | Monographic reports and papers (Publicly Accessible) |
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