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A gilded cage? Nnamdi Azikiwe's Pan-Africanism as governor-general of Nigeria, 1960–63 (2021)
Journal Article
Reeves, M. (2021). A gilded cage? Nnamdi Azikiwe's Pan-Africanism as governor-general of Nigeria, 1960–63. Journal of West African History, 7(1), 1-26. https://doi.org/10.14321/jwestafrihist.7.1.0001

Historians have wrongly ignored the period when Nnamdi Azikiwe served as governor-general of Nigeria, just after its independence (1960-63). Archival materials in Britain, the United States, and Azikiwe’s own papers in Nigeria reveal that he played a... Read More about A gilded cage? Nnamdi Azikiwe's Pan-Africanism as governor-general of Nigeria, 1960–63.

‘Free and equal partners in your commonwealth’: The Atlantic charter and anticolonial delegations to London, 1941–3 (2017)
Journal Article
Reeves, M. (2018). ‘Free and equal partners in your commonwealth’: The Atlantic charter and anticolonial delegations to London, 1941–3. Twentieth Century British History, 29(2), 259-283. https://doi.org/10.1093/tcbh/hwx043

This article examines the efforts of two anticolonial politicians from the British Empire who used official visits to London and the rhetoric of the Atlantic Charter (14 August 1941) to advance their political careers and self-government for their te... Read More about ‘Free and equal partners in your commonwealth’: The Atlantic charter and anticolonial delegations to London, 1941–3.

Teaching decolonization beyond the nation: The case of West Africa (2016)
Journal Article
Reeves, M. (2016). Teaching decolonization beyond the nation: The case of West Africa. World History Connected, 13(2),

How should we teach the history of decolonization, especially in a wide-ranging survey course? Debate has typically raged over whether we should emphasize the actions of imperial governments over independence movements, and vice versa. However, yet... Read More about Teaching decolonization beyond the nation: The case of West Africa.