The Malayan emergency in retrospect: organisation of a successful counterinsurgency effort A report produced by R. W. Komer for the RAND corporation, detailing the measures…
The Mau Mau uprising, 1952-1956 A short overview of the Mau Mau rebellion against the British Empire in Kenya, which was brutally suppressed by the colonial administration.
The colonial question: an initial balance‑sheet 1957 article by the International Communist Party, published in 'Il Programma Comunista', author anonymous.
The Dragon and the Hydra: A Historical Study of Organizational Methods Investigation by Russell Maroon Shoatz into the methods of organisation used by maroons in Suriname…
A short history of colonialism in Congo, 1885-1997 A very short overview of Belgian, and latterly US, imperialism in Congo, written by Marty Jezer in 2001.
The Gold Coast Revolution George Padmore's analysis of the independence movement on the Gold Coast against British rule, leading to the founding of Ghana under the…
Patterns of rural protest: Chiefs, slaves, and peasants in north western Sierra Leone 1896-1956 PhD dissertation by Ismail Rachid focusing on slave and peasant resistance to…
Reflections on the 1955 Freetown Riots by a senior police officer This is not a first hand account of the riots, and it is given from the point of view of a police…
Strikes and riots in Sierra Leone, 1955 (Hansard) Discussion from the House of Commons after British troops suppressed strikes and riots in Sierra Leone by shooting into crowds, killing twenty…
Puerto Rico: flame of resistance This is a hard to find book providing an overview of resistance leaders, movements, and attempts at self-government in Puerto Rico.
Japan's wartime use of colonial labour: Taiwan and Korea (1937-45) A thesis detailing the extent of the exploitation of colonial labourers of Taiwanese and Korean…
The Aba Women's War The “Women’s War” is seen as the first major challenge to British authority in Nigeria and West Africa during the colonial period, and took…