The Sierra Leone Branch of the National Congress of British West Africa, 1918-1946

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ID3912923
AuthorsAkintola J G Wyse (corresponding author)
Year1985
Volume18
Issue4
Pages675
Publication date1985-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe International Journal of African Historical Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0361-7882 • E-ISSN: 2326-3016
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/218802
OpenAlexW2263082163
LanguageEN
Citations received7

This paper does not, however, dispute the elitism of the Congress. We must acknowledge the fact that the Congress was not a populist party, in the sense that it never became a mass-organized or mass-oriented movement like Wallace Johnson's West African Youth League (WAYL). But I believe that in studying the mobilization efforts of early political activist groups like the NCBWA, the issues it raised and the problems it addressed are far more important as indices of political relevance than the structure, outlook, or composition of the movement.3 The Sierra Leone Branch has often been accused of confining itself to the colony area and of making no effort to articulate or identify with the interests of the generality of citizens. The available evidence does illustrate, however, that

Ancient history · Archaeology · Ethnology · Geography · Political science · Sierra leone · African history and culture studies · African studies and sociopolitical issues · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · History

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