The Right to Write in German Colonies of the Early Twentieth Century: Pugnacious Settler Newspapers, Anxious Governors and African Journalism in Exile

The Right to Write in German Colonies of the Early Twentieth Century: Pugnacious Settler Newspapers, Anxious Governors and African Journalism in Exile

The entangled history of the German Colonial Press Law (written 1906-1912) begins with the wish of the German East African Governor to keep the pugnacious settler press under control. Under the influence of a racist discourse that sought to restrict education for Africans and feared anti-colonial ac...

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Published in:Cultural and social history 2018-10, Vol.15 (5), p.681-698
Main Author: Schäfer, Corinna
Format: Article
Language:eng
Subjects:
20th century
Black people
colonial discourse
Colonialism
Colonies & territories
Exile
German Colonial Press Law
German East Africa
Gold Coast
Governors
Journalism
Law
Legal basis
Publishing
Racism
Social networks
Togoland
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Summary:The entangled history of the German Colonial Press Law (written 1906-1912) begins with the wish of the German East African Governor to keep the pugnacious settler press under control. Under the influence of a racist discourse that sought to restrict education for Africans and feared anti-colonial actions and networks, the law developed into a legal basis that could impede publishing activities of the colonised in all German colonies. In Togoland, African writers bypassed such restrictions by publishing critical articles in the adjacent British Gold Coast Colony and thereby succeeded in entering transnational supportive networks.
ISSN:1478-0038
1478-0046