Describing the 36-day-long suppression of the press in British West Africa in the wake of the June 1945 general strike; chronologically relaying the various events thereof; detailing the "financial and other losses" suffered by publishers and newsmen as a result, particularly those affiliated with the "West African Pilot," "The Daily Comet," "Eastern Nigeria Guardian," "Nigerian Spokesman," and "Southern Nigerian Defender."
Authors
- Collection
- W. E. B. Du Bois Papers
- Format
- Pamphlets Manuscripts
- Pages
- 15 p.
- Place Discussed
- Nigeria
- Provider
- Digital Commonwealth
- Published in
- Nigeria
- Reference
- Local other: mums312-b111-i459
- Rights
- Contact host institution for more information. All rights for this document are held by the David Graham Du Bois Trust. Requests to publish, redistribute, or replicate this material should be addressed to Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.
- Source
- Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/5c5c6e007ba51f222aeea98dcac69fb4
