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- Title
"Bloody Coxcombs, But No Bodies": The policy and practice of crowd control in post-war British Africa, 1948-1959.
- Authors
Brownell, Josiah
- Abstract
This article examines British policymakers' attempts to address the political and practical problems of crowd control in British Africa. After the Accra riots, reforming the policing of crowds became an imperial priority. These efforts pushed in several policy directions, yet none could solve the deeper political issues causing the unrest, nor stop state violence against civilians. During the 1950s, the distance between the liberal rhetoric in Britain about the rule of law and the brutal realities of colonial policing continued to grow. This gap was finally exposed during the Nyasaland Emergency, which had dramatic consequences for the future of British Africa.
- Subjects
MALAWI; UNITED Kingdom; AFRICA; RIOT control; CROWD control; POLICE; RIOTS; BRITISH colonies; HISTORY of Malawi, 1953-1964; HISTORY; GOVERNMENT policy; ADMINISTRATION of British colonies; COLONIAL Africa
- Publication
Journal of Colonialism & Colonial History, 2012, Vol 13, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
1532-5768
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/cch.2012.0020