Decolonization, the Cold War, and Africans’ routes to higher education overseas, 1957–65
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9339663 |
|---|---|
| Authors | E Burton (0000-0003-1117-6602, Universität Innsbruck, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 169-191 |
| Publication date | 2020-02-13 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Global History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1740-0228 • E-ISSN: 1740-0236 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s174002281900038x |
| OpenAlex | W3006432161 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 25 |
From the late 1950s, Africans seeking higher education went to a rapidly increasing number of destinations, both within Africa and overseas. Based on multi-sited archival research and memoirs, this article shows how Africans forged and used new routes to gain access to higher education denied to them in their territories of origin, and in this way also shaped scholarship policies across the globe. Focusing on British-ruled territories in East Africa, the article establishes the importance of African intermediaries and independent countries as hubs of mobility. The agency of students and intermediaries, as well as official responses, are examined in three interconnected cases: the clandestine ‘Nile route’ from East Africa to Egypt and eastern Europe; the ‘airlifts’ from East Africa to North America; and the ‘exodus’ of African students from the Eastern bloc to western Europe. Although all of these routes were short-lived, they transformed official scholarship provisions, and significantly shaped the postcolonial period in the countries of origin
Agency (philosophy · Ancient history · Business · Decolonization · Destinations · Economic growth · Ethnology · Geography · Globe · Intermediary · Political science · Politics · Scholarship · Social science · Sociology · Tourism · African history and culture studies · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · History · Law · North African History and Literature
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Kenya
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Introduction
Creating a Socialist Intelligentsia
Regional and ethnic identities
| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,75 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |