The People’s Paper (EPUB) von Peter Limb

Founded in 1912 by African National Congress (ANC) convenor Pixley Seme, with assistance from the Swazi Queen, the major African multilingual newspaper, Abantu-Batho was published up until 1931, attracting the cream of African politicians, journalists and poets Mqhayi, Nontsisi Mgqweth, and Grendon.

Introduction: A Centenary History of Abantu-Batho, the People’s PaperPeter LimbChapter 1 ‘Only the Bolder Spirits’: Politics, Racism, Solidarity and War in Abantu-BathoPeter LimbChapter 2 ‘They Must Go to the Bantu Batho’: Economics and Education, Religion and Gender, Love and Leisure in the People’s PaperPeter LimbChapter 3 Pixley Seme and Abantu-BathoChris SaundersChapter 4 Queen Labotsibeni and Abantu-BathoSarah MkhonzaChapter 5 ‘We of Abantu Batho’: Robert Grendon’s Brief and Controversial EditorshipGrant ChristisonChapter 6 The Swazi Royalty and the Founding of Abantu-Batho in a Regional Context 174Chris LoweChapter 7 Abantu-Batho and the Xhosa Poets 201Jeff OplandChapter 8 African Royalty, Popular History and Abantu-BathoSifiso Mxolisi Ndlovu and Peter LimbChapter 9 ‘Johannesburg in Flames’: The 1918 Shilling CampaignAbantu-Batho and Early African Nationalism in South AfricaPaul LandauChapter 10 Garveyism, Abantu-Batho and the Radicalisation of the African National Congress during the 1920sRobert Trent VinsonChapter 11 An African Newspaper in Central Johannesburg: The Journalistic and Associational Context of Abantu-BathoPeter LimbConclusion Assessing the Decline and Legacy of Abantu-BathoPeter Limb