British Propaganda and the Mobilization of the Gold Coast War Effort, 1939–1945
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8978765 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Wendell P Holbrook (Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 347-361 |
| Publication date | 1985-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of African History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8537 • E-ISSN: 1469-5138 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0021853700028784 |
| OpenAlex | W2169073089 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
| References cited | 19 |
This article examines the nature and impact of the most extensive propaganda campaign mounted in a British West African colony during the Second World War. An avalanche of war information and appeals to the people of the Gold Coast was channelled through a new communications network which included radio broadcasting, information bureaux, and mobile cinema presentations. The innovative wartime publicity scheme was not enough to produce a completely voluntary war effort; however, the campaign was responsible for irreversibly changing mass communications techniques in the territory. The propaganda drive used in the war mobilization provided a pool of experienced propagandists and a successful structural model which proved valuable both to post-war governments charged with pre-independence political education, community development and public services, and, somewhat ironically, to anti-colonialist post-war party politics
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| Unique citing works | 16 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,42 |
| Citation span | 1988 - 2024 (37) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |