Radical International Media and Malawi's Independence Struggle

包括历史和电影/实践的组成部分，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，它以马拉维反对有争议的中非联邦（CAF, 1953-1963）的独立斗争这一独特实例为中心。英国人不顾非洲多数人的意愿，将两个罗得西亚和尼亚萨兰合并在一起，建立了一个短暂的政治和宪法，由于非洲人日益强烈的反对，它崩溃了。聚焦于被遗忘的斗争背后激进国际媒体的非凡动员，以及它与支持caf的媒体引发的“口水战”，它也审视了英国殖民电影在反对斗争的政治和宣传方面的作用。

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.