The African Review was a magazine published in Ghana between 1965 and 1966.[1] Funded by the government of Kwame Nkrumah, it covered politics, economics and culture from a socialist and anti-colonial perspective.[2]
| Frequency | Monthly magazine |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1965 |
| Country | Ghana |
Its staff included members of Ghana's prominent African American community. The author Julian Mayfield was the magazine's editor-in-chief while Maya Angelou contributed articles about politics and culture.[3][4][5] Jean Carey Bond, St. Clair Drake and Preston King also wrote for the magazine while Tom Feelings contributed original artwork.[2][6] It also featured early work by the Botswanan author Bessie Head and the Jamaican poet Neville Dawes.[2]
The African Review was distributed in by the Publicity Secretariat in Ghana and by John Henrik Clarke in the United States, but poor funding appears to have limited its reach elsewhere. After a coup toppled the Nkrumah government in 1966, the newly-formed National Liberation Council banned the magazine and publication permanently ceased.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Maya Angelou's African connection - New African Magazine". newafricanmagazine.com. 14 July 2014.
- ^ a b c d "American Africans in Ghana | Kevin K. Gaines". University of North Carolina Press. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
- ^ Taylor, Steven J. L. (February 1, 2019). Exiles, Entrepreneurs, and Educators: African Americans in Ghana. SUNY Press. ISBN 9781438474724 – via Google Books.
- ^ Ph.D, Thomas J. Davis (October 24, 2016). History of African Americans: Exploring Diverse Roots. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9780313385414 – via Google Books.
- ^ White, Alex (2024-01-22). "The caged bird sings of freedom: Maya Angelou's anti-colonial journalism in the United Arab Republic and Ghana, 1961–1965". Journal of Global History: 1–18. doi:10.1017/S1740022823000293. ISSN 1740-0228.
- ^ Pinder, Kymberly N. (January 30, 2016). Painting the Gospel: Black Public Art and Religion in Chicago. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 9780252098086 – via Google Books.
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