Jessica Huntley's Pan-African Life

Claudia Tomlinson is a writer and researcher on Guyanese, Caribbean, African and Black British History and Politics. She is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and holds a Ph.D. in History. Her writing has been featured in History Matters Journal, The Huffington Post UK, The Independent, Stabroek News (Guyana) and the Gleaner (Jamaica) among other publications.

• List of FiguresAcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction1. Growing Up, Rising Up2. Raised to Resist3. The Emerging Activist4. National Freedom and Women’s Emancipation5. ‘Bound with the Chains of Colonialism and Imperialism’6. Struggles in Male Ranks7. An Old Fight in a New Place8. Finding a Foothold in Activism in Britain9. Becoming West Indian in Britain10. ‘A Political Act’, Bogle L’Ouverture Publication’s Early Work11. ‘A New Alternative in Publishing’12. ‘To Re-Write Our Own History’: A Black Publishing Strategy13. Growing a Pan-African Publishing Tradition 14. ‘The Atmosphere Was Electric in the Shop’: Bookshop Activism15. ‘Matriarch of the Movement for Black Rights in Britain, the World’16. Fighting for Decolonization in Independent Guyana17. Publishing Activity in Bogle L’Ouverture’s Later Period18. The Bookshop Goes Back HomeAppendix A: Oral History InterviewsBibliographyIndex

Jessica Huntley’s Pan-African Life offers a deeply inspiring exploration of Jessica Huntley’s early anti-colonial activism in British Guiana (Guyana), her confrontations with racism after migrating, and her crucial role in radical Black publishing in Britain. Claudia Tomlinson’s thorough research makes this book essential for anyone dedicated to understanding the workings of decolonization and women’s emancipation, while presenting a story that has not been told before.