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First book-length study by an African writer that incorporates the trials and triumphs of Queen Elizabeth II, tracing her contributions to African affairs

The road to Queen Elizabeth II's implementation of African reforms was rough, especially in the first two decades following her ascension to the throne. In this book, Raphael Chijioke Njoku examines Queen Elizabeth II''s role in the African decolonization trajectories and the postcolonial state''s quest for genuine political and economic liberation since 1947. By locating Elizabeth at the center of Anglophone Africa''s independence agitations, the account harnesses the African interests to tease out the monarch''s dilemma of complying with Whitehall''s decolonization schemes while building an inclusive and unified Commonwealth in which Africans could play a vital role. Njoku argues that to gratify British lawmakers in her complex and marginal place within the British parliamentary system of conservative vers

Queen Elizabeth II and the Africans

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    Publisher: Leuven University Press
    Publication Date: 9/5/2024
    ISBN13: 9789462704343, 978-9462704343
    ISBN10: 9462704341

    Non Fiction , History , Non Fiction

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    First book-length study by an African writer that incorporates the trials and triumphs of Queen Elizabeth II, tracing her contributions to African affairs

    The road to Queen Elizabeth II's implementation of African reforms was rough, especially in the first two decades following her ascension to the throne. In this book, Raphael Chijioke Njoku examines Queen Elizabeth II''s role in the African decolonization trajectories and the postcolonial state''s quest for genuine political and economic liberation since 1947. By locating Elizabeth at the center of Anglophone Africa''s independence agitations, the account harnesses the African interests to tease out the monarch''s dilemma of complying with Whitehall''s decolonization schemes while building an inclusive and unified Commonwealth in which Africans could play a vital role. Njoku argues that to gratify British lawmakers in her complex and marginal place within the British parliamentary system of conservative vers

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