Africa Bureau
MS. 15363/203
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Africa Bureau
Shelfmark
MS. 15363/203
Summary
Correspondence, mostly from Michael Scott and Mary Benson, reports, agenda, minutes, accounts and copy of Africa Digest. Subjects include Tanganyika, the Central African Federation, Angola, Uganda, apartheid (including the Treason Trial), Bechuanaland, Southern Rhodesia, South West Africa, Africa Educational Trust, Pan-African Freedom Movement of East and Central Africa, Kenya and the Mau Mau Uprising, training African journalists, an economic conference on Africa, the history of the Africa Bureau, and fundraising. Also includes pamphlet Collaboration in Development in the New Africa by Sir Sydney Caine, report of a sermon preached by Michael Scott at St Paul's Cathedral regarding South Africa and copy of a letter from Seretse Khama and Tshekedi Khama to Alec Douglas-Home.
Date
1955-1961
Language
English
Physical extent
1 box (2 folders)
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Collection contents
Campaigning and charity interests
Africa
Africa Bureau
