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27 Institute <strong>of</strong> Commonwealth Studies, University <strong>of</strong> London<br />

117/1/8 Proposed publications<br />

1969-1973<br />

Correspondence and drafts relating to books which appear not to<br />

have been published.<br />

(*PERMISSION FROM RUTH FIRST TRUST REQUIRED)<br />

0.5 boxes<br />

117/1/8/1 Vulnerability <strong>of</strong> African Independence<br />

1969-1970<br />

21 items<br />

117/1/8/1/1* Correspondence 1969-1970<br />

Principally letters between <strong>First</strong> and friends and acquaintances. 21 items<br />

117/1/8/2 Power Over Africa<br />

1970-1972<br />

59 items<br />

117/1/8/2/1 Synopsis and o<strong>the</strong>r notes [1970]<br />

Typescript scheme for <strong>the</strong> book and background <strong>material</strong> written <strong>by</strong><br />

<strong>First</strong> toge<strong>the</strong>r with handwritten notes.<br />

15 items<br />

117/1/8/2/2 Correspondence 1970-1972<br />

Attempts <strong>by</strong> <strong>First</strong> to seek advice and approval for <strong>the</strong> proposed work<br />

from o<strong>the</strong>r academics such as Ronald Segal and Eric Hobsbawm,<br />

and also from publishers.<br />

44 items<br />

117/1/8/3 The African Predicament: a Reader<br />

1970-1973<br />

0.25 boxes<br />

117/1/8/3/1 Correspondence 1970-1973<br />

Letters between <strong>First</strong> and o<strong>the</strong>r academics, toge<strong>the</strong>r with some draft<br />

sections and o<strong>the</strong>r notes.<br />

40 items<br />

117/1/8/3/2 Draft sections [1972]<br />

Also includes academic paper: 'African Social Studies: A Radical<br />

Reader' <strong>by</strong> Gutkind and Waterman, and o<strong>the</strong>r notes.<br />

200 pages<br />

approx.<br />

117/1/8/4 Seven Seas publishing 1965-1967<br />

Correspondence and notes relating to proposed books on African<br />

topics <strong>by</strong> <strong>First</strong>.<br />

23 items<br />

Archives and Special Collections – <strong>Ruth</strong> <strong>First</strong> Papers

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