Ghana's Ashanti pioneer newspaper : aim high, strive hard, go forward / / Jarvis L. Hargrove

• Autore: Hargrove Jarvis L.
• Pubblicazione: Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2022]; ©2022
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (245 pages)
• Disciplina: 070.4
• Soggetto topico: Press; Ghanaian newspapers
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Images -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- British Colonialism and the African-Owned Press -- Significance of the Ashanti Pioneer -- The Rise and Fall of the Ashanti Pioneer -- Chapter 2: Transitioning to an Independent Press: The Opening of the Ashanti Pioneer -- British Colonialism and the Asante Empire -- The Birth of the Gold Coast Press -- African-Owned Press in the Twentieth Century -- The Tsiboes Open the Ashanti Pioneer -- Progress House -- Chapter 3: Nationalism in Print: British Attempts to Control the West African and Gold Coast Newspapers -- British Censorship at Home and Abroad -- Suppressing Nationalist Presses in the 1930s -- Wartime Censorship and the Ashanti Pioneer -- Surviving Colonial Censorship -- Chapter 4: Influencing Public Opinion: The Ashanti Pioneer's Coverage of World War II, 1939-1947 -- Gold Coast Newspapers During World War I -- Opening the Ashanti Pioneer in Wartime -- An Anti-German Stance -- Resisting the Early War Effort -- Becoming Pro-War -- Fears of German Sympathizers -- Interior Gold Coast "V for Victory" -- Telling Soldiers' Stories -- Fair Pay for African Soldiers -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5: Through the Eyes of the Press: Gold Coast Political Movements, 1946-1949 -- Forming the UGCC -- The Gold Coast African Ex-Servicemen's Union -- The Accra Riots -- Nationalism and the Press After the Riots -- The Watson Commission -- The CPP -- Ashanti Pioneer, August 27, 1948 -- A Growing Rift -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6: Approaching Independence: Transitioning from the Gold Coast to Ghana, 1950-1956 -- Covering the 1951 Elections -- Criticizing the CPP -- The 1954 Elections: Nancy Tsiboe's Run for Office -- The National Liberation Movement -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7: Covering Independence: The Final Years of the Ashanti Pioneer, 1957-1968. ; The 1956 Elections -- The Arrival of Independence -- Consolidating Power -- The Final Days of the Ashanti Pioneer -- Reopening the Pioneer -- Chapter 8: Epilogue -- Appendix: John and Nancy Tsiboe Travel Documents -- Bibliography -- Primary Sources (Papers), Biography, Autobiography -- British Parliamentary Papers -- Claude Barnett Papers -- Newspapers, Magazines, Pamphlets -- Dissertations -- Seminar Papers -- Journal Articles -- Books -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: Ghana's Ashanti Pioneer Newspaper
• ISBN: 9783031111044; 9783031111037
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910633931103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II