Origins of West African Nationalism

Front Matter....Pages 3-16
Introduction....Pages 17-41
Front Matter....Pages 43-45
American Ideas of Liberty and African Nationality....Pages 46-47
Constitutional Convention of 1847....Pages 48-55
In Convention. Declaration of Independence, 1847....Pages 56-60
Constitution of the Republic of Liberia, 1847....Pages 61-72
President Stephen A. Benson’s 1856 Inaugural Address....Pages 73-78
Liberia as She Is....Pages 79-86
President Benson on the Duty to Elevate the Native Tribes....Pages 87-91
The Assimilation of Liberated Africans (Congoes)....Pages 92-93
Our Origin, Dangers and Duties....Pages 94-104
Our National Mistakes and the Remedy for them....Pages 105-117
Front Matter....Pages 119-122
Earl Grey’s Proposals for the Gold Coast....Pages 123-128
Missionary Views of Self-government....Pages 129-150
Resolutions of the Select Committee of the House of Commons, 26 June 1865....Pages 151-152
Front Matter....Pages 153-156
Horton and the Idea of Independence....Pages 157-197
Letters on the Political Condition of the Gold Coast....Pages 198-207
The Fanti Confederation....Pages 208-225
Front Matter....Pages 227-230
Africa for the African....Pages 231-238
African Accomplishments and Race Pride....Pages 239-240
Africa’s Service to the World....Pages 241-248
Front Matter....Pages 227-230
Study and Race....Pages 249-253
From African Life and Customs (1908)....Pages 254-262
Front Matter....Pages 263-265
Reverend Attoh Ahuma on National Consciousness....Pages 266-273
Fanti National Constitution....Pages 274-301
The Abiding Meaning of ‘Africa for the Africans’ in the Age of Imperialism....Pages 302-303
Pastor Mojola Agbebi on the West African Problem....Pages 304-308
Front Matter....Pages 309-311
From Gold Coast Native Institutions with Thoughts Upon a Healthy Imperial Policy for the Gold Coast and Ashanti....Pages 312-333
Ethiopia Unbound: Studies in Race Emancipation....Pages 334-378
The Truth about the West African Land Question....Pages 379-380
Back Matter....Pages 381-391