British Royal Visits and Black Loyalism in Twentieth-Century Southern Africa

by Hilary Sapire

Exploring the entwined histories of British royal visits to Southern Africa in the twentieth century, this book analyses the clashing voices of dissent and cheering crowds that accompanied royal tours, providing insight into the shifting nature of 'Black loyalism.' Originating in the indigenous empire loyalism of eighteenth-century Canada, Black loyalism encompassed loyalty to the British crown and a shared ideology of 'rights and 'entitlements,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3031632915
• ISBN13: 9783031632914
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan