Radical International Media and Malawi's Independence Struggle

包括历史和电影/实践部分，我的多学科AV-PHD研究项目不仅仅是一个关于非殖民化的故事或非殖民化的瞬间。相反，它着眼于马拉维与有争议的中非联邦(CAF，1953-1963)进行的独立斗争的独特实例。这是英国人违背非洲多数派意愿，将两个罗德塞亚斯人和尼亚萨兰人结合在一起的短暂的政治和宪法创造，由于非洲日益强大的反对意见而崩溃。聚焦于这场斗争背后激进的国际媒体非凡动员的被遗忘的历史，以及它引发的与亲CAF的媒体的‘口水战’，它还审视了英国殖民电影作为反对斗争的政治和宣传的维度所扮演的角色。

Comprising both a history and film/practice component, my multi-disciplinary AV-PhD research project is not just a story about decolonisation or an instant in decolonisation. Rather, it pivots on the unique instance of Malawi's independence struggle against the controversial Central African Federation (CAF, 1953-1963). A short-lived political and constitutional creation by the British against the wishes of the African majority combining the two Rhodesias and Nyasaland, it collapsed due to mounting and forceful African opposition. Focusing on the forgotten history of the extraordinary mobilization of the radical international media behind the struggle and the 'war of words' it sparked with the pro-CAF press, it also examines the role of British colonial films as dimensions of politicking and propaganda against the struggle.