Finally, Davidson focuses on Zimbabwe and the collapse of white minority rule before turning to South Africa to question how long it will be before this final bastion of white rule falls.īasil Davidson was a distinguished author and historian, who wrote more than 30 books on Africa. Basil Davidson explores the situation in Guinea Bissau, where Amilcar Cabral proved to be an outstanding guerrilla leader, and in Mozambique, he talks to Samora Machel, the military leader in Frelimo’s long battle for independence. The film goes on to chart the independence struggles in Kenya, Algeria, the tragedy of the Belgian Congo, and the armed struggles of the former Portuguese colonies. In this episode, Basil Davidson looks at the major independence struggles across the African continent, opening with the revered Ghanaian nationalist leader Kwame Nkrumah and outlining how Ghana became the first African country to achieve independence from Britain in 1957. It was first broadcast in the UK in 1984 on Channel 4 television, exactly 30 years ago. This is the penultimate episode in the multi-award winning 8 x 1-hour series AFRICA: A Voyage of Discovery written & presented by Basil Davidson. The 30th anniversary of this ground breaking project is being marked with the screening of episodes from the series which first appeared in the UK on Channel 4 television in April 1984 and went on to play worldwide.
Venue: Russell Square: College Buildings Room: Khalili Lecture Theatre The Smithsonian National Museum of African Art & SOAS University of London Artists Talks SeriesĬentre of African Studies Basil Davidson's AFRICA: A Voyage of Discovery, Episode 7: ‘The Rise of Nationalism’ THIS EVENT IS ARCHIVED Mick Csáky & Gus Casely-Hayford.
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