ABSTRACT
The use by United Africa of an icon that was to resonate through anti-racist and anti-colonial struggles highlights the influences between anti-colonial, anti-racist and anti-fascist struggles. The visual referencing and borrowing that can be traced highlights the political inspiration that anti-colonialists took from communists, anti-fascists and trade unionists, and the depth of impact of the anti-colonial struggle on civil rights and anti-racist struggle in Britain and America. The words of anti-colonial leaders and organisations have been given some airing in histories and on the Internet where we can read speeches by Kwame Nkrumah, Jomo Kenyatta and other African leaders produced during the struggle for independence. The records used are a collection of leaflets and pamphlets belonging to one of the writers. They are a fragment of the total amount of material that must have circulated and refer specifically to the African context. The chapter aims to draw attention to an area of visual culture that is heavily under-researched.
