Title African literature and the CIA : networks of authorship and publishing / Caroline Davis

Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020 ©2020

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Description 1 online resource Series Cambridge elements. Elements in publishing and book culture Cambridge elements. Elements in publishing and book culture. Summary During the period of decolonisation in Africa, the CIA subsidised a number of African authors, editors and publishers as part of its anti-communist covert propaganda strategy. Managed by two front organisations, the Congress of Cultural Freedom and the Farfield Foundation, its Africa programme stretched across the continent, with hubs in Ibadan, Kampala, Nairobi, Cape Town and Johannesburg. This Element unravels the hidden networks and associations underpinning African literary publishing in the 1960s; it investigates the success of the CIA in disrupting and infiltrating African literary magazines and publishing firms, and determines the extent to which new circuits of cultural and literary power emerged. Based on new archival evidence relating to the Transcription Centre, The Classic and The New African, it includes case studies of Wole Soyinka, Nat Nakasa and Bessie Head, which assess how their literary careers were influenced by these transnational literary institutions, and their response to these interventions Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 23, 2020) Subject United States. Central Intelligence Agency. SUBJECT United States. Central Intelligence Agency fast Subject Publishers and publishing -- Political aspects -- Africa -- History -- 20th century African literature -- Political aspects -- History -- 20th century Communism in literature. African literature -- Political aspects Communism in literature Publishers and publishing -- Political aspects Africa Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781316998205 1316998207 9781108663229 1108663222

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