Marc Matera: 3 books
Black London
The Imperial Metropolis and Decolonization in the Twentieth Century
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2015
This vibrant history of London in the twentieth century reveals the city as a key site in the development of black internationalism and anticolonialism. Marc Matera shows the significant contributions of people of African descent to London’s rich social and cultural history, masterfully weaving...
The Global 1930s
The international decade
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2017
Decentering the traditional narrative of American breadlines, Soviet show trials and German fascists, The Global 1930s takes a truly international approach to exploring this turbulent decade. Though nationalism was prevalent throughout this period, Matera and Kent contend that the 1930s are better...
The Women's War of 1929
Gender and Violence in Colonial Nigeria
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2011
In 1929, tens of thousands of south eastern Nigerian women rose up against British authority in what is known as the Women's War. This book brings togther, for the first time, the multiple perspectives of the war's colonized and colonial participants and examines its various actions within a single, gendered analytical frame.