The Universal Ethiopian Students' Association, 1927–1948

Mobilizing Diaspora

• Author(s): TaKeia N. Anthony,
• Publisher: Springer
• Pages: 129
• ISBN_10: 3030024903
  ISBN_13: 9783030024901
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / Africa / General , History / United States / General , Social Science / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies , Political Science / World / African , History / General , History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies) , Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social , Political Science / General , Political Science / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism ,

Description:... From 1927–1948, the Universal Ethiopian Students’ Association (UESA) mobilized the African diaspora to fight against imperialism and fascist Italy. Formed by a group of educated Africans, African-Americans, and West Indians based in Harlem and shaped by the ideals of Ethiopianism, communism, Pan-Africanism, Black Nationalism, Garveyism, and the New Negro Movement, the UESA sought to educate the diaspora about its glorious African past and advocate for anti-imperialism and independence. This book focuses on the UESA’s literary organ, The African, mapping a constellation of understudied activists and their contributions to the fight for Black liberation in the twentieth century.