LibGuides: Modern World History: Bandung Conference

Bandung Conference, Online Databases

"Bandung Conference", Britannica School (Britannica)
An introductory article on the Bandung Conference, emphasizing the essential concerns and impacts of the conference.
"Bandung Conference", World History: The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO)
A brief overview article on the Bandung Conference.
"Bandung Conference (1955)", World History in Context (Gale)
Overview reference article.
"Non-Aligned Movement", World History in Context (Gale)
A short reference article.
"Non-Aligned Movement", World History in Context (Gale)
A longer reference article on the NAM and its impacts on American policy.

Books, Bandung Conference

Making a World after Empire by Christopher J. Lee (Editor)
Call Number: 327.11 LEE
ISBN: 9780896802773
Publication Date: 2010
This book is available in both print and electronic formats.

Anti-Colonial Independence Movements, Online Databases

"British Decolonization", World History: The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO)

Africa

"Pan-Africanism", World History: The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO)
"Algerian War of Independence", World History: The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO)
"Angolan Independence", World History: The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO)
"National Front for the Liberation of Angola", In World History: The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO)
"All Arab Federation of Women", World History: The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO)
Article on the 1944 meeting that brought Arab women from throughout the region to Cairo, where they debated feminist and nationalist topics of the day.
"Egyptian Feminist Union", World History: The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO)
"Mau Mau Revolt", World History: The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO)
Article on the Mau Mau Revolt in Kenya, 1950s
"Nigeria", World History: The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO)
"Nigerian Women's Protest" (1929), World History: The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO)
"Zimbabwe African People's Union," World History: The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO)

Asia

"Association of Southeast Asian Nations", World History: The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO)
"Anti-Fascist People’s Freedom League (AFPFL)", World History: The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO)
Article on the major Burmese independence organization, 1945-1958
"All-India Muslim League," World History : The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO)
Article on the political organization for Muslims in British-ruled India, which ultimately took the lead in creating Pakistan
"All India Women’s Conference (AIWC)", Britannica School (Encyclopædia Britannica)
"Indian National Congress", World History: The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO)
"Madiun Rebellion," World History : The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO)
Article on the 1948 struggle between competing ideological factions within the Indonesian independence movement
"Linggadjati Agreement," Britannica School (Encyclopædia Britannica)
Article on the treaty between the Dutch and the Republic of Indonesia drafted on Nov. 15, 1946

Bandung Conference: Key Independence Leaders by Country, A-I

Search Britannica School and Biography in Context for additional information about your leader's political views and goals, using their last name in a keyword search .

Algeria

"Ahmed Ben Bella", World History: The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO)
Biographical article on Ben Bella, Algerian revolutionary and Algeria's president, 1962-1965.
"Houari Boumedienne", World History : The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO)
Biographical article on Algerian revolutionary, soldier and head of state, Boumedienne.

Angola

Burma

"Aung San", World History: The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO)
Biographical article on Burmese nationalist leader.
"U Nu", World History : The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO)
Biographical article on Burma's U Nu.

Cambodia

"Lon Nol", World History: The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO)
Biographical article on Lon Nol, Cambodian political revolutionary and leader during and after independence.
"Norodom Sihanouk", World History: The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO)
Biographical article on Sihanouk, Cambodia's king who led the country to independence.

China (People's Republic of China)

"Jiang Qing," Encyclopedia of World Biography Online, World History In Context (Gale)
Article on the Communist Party leader and influential wife of Mao Zhedong
"Zhou Enlai", World History : The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO)
Biographical article on China's Zhou Enlai.

Congo (Democratic Republic of Congo)

"Joseph Kasavubu", World History: The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO)
Biographical article on the political activist and founder of the Alliance of Congo People (ABAKO)
"Patrice Lumumba", World History: The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO)
Biographical article on the charismatic leader of Congo's nationalist movement and founder of the National Congolese Movement (MNC)

Cuba

"Fidel Castro", World History: The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO)
Biographical article on Fidel Castro, Cuban revolutionary, premier and president, 1959-2008.

Egypt

"Gamal Abdel Nasser", World History : The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO)
Biographical article on Egyptian leader Nasser.
"Hudá Sharawi", World History: The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO)
Biographical article on the leading Egyptian feminist, nationalist, and founder of the Egyptian Feminist Union (EFU) and the All-Arab Federation of Women

India

"Sarojini Naidu.," World History: The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO)
Article on the Indian feminist and nationalist, who worked with Gandhi for India's independence. She was the first woman chosen as president of the Indian National Congress, and after independence, she was the first woman to serve as a state governor of India.
"Jawaharlal Nehru", World History : The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO)
Biographical article on India's Jawaharlal Nehru.

Bandung Conference : Key Independence Leaders by Country, I-Z

Indonesia

"Mohammad Hatta," World History : The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO)
"Sukarno", World History : The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO)
Biographical article on Indonesia's Sukarno.

Iran

"Mohammad Mosaddegh", Britannica School (Encyclopædia Britannica)
Biographical article on Mosaddegh, Iranian political leader and premier, 1951-53
"Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi", Britannica School (Encyclopædia Britannica)
Biographical article on the second Pahlavi Shah of Iran, 1941-1979

Japan

"Ichiro Hatoyama", World History : The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO)
Biographical article on Hatoyama, Japan's Prime Minister, 1954-1956
"Shigaru Yoshida", World History : The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO)
Biographical article on Yoshida, Japan's Prime Minister, 1946-1954

Kenya

"Jomo Kenyatta," World History: The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO)
"Wangari Maathai," World History : The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO)
Biographical article on the Kenyan female activist, educator, environmentalist, politician and Noble Prize winner
"Mekatilili wa Menza," Biography In Context (Gale)
Biographical article on wa Menza, female anti-colonial resistance leader of the early 20th century

Nigeria

"Obafemi Awolowo", World History: The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO)
Biographical article on Nigerian nationalist activist and leader of Nigeria's Action Group
"Nnamdi Azikiwe", World History: The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO)
Biographical article on Nigerian nationalist and leader of the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons (NCNC), Azikiwe

Pakistan

"Mohammed Ali Jinnah," World History : The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO)
Biographical article on the Muslim leader who became the first head of state of Pakistan.
"Liaquat Ali Khan," World History : The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO)
Biographical article on the independence leader and the first prime minister of Pakistan

Vietnam (Democratic Republic of Vietnam)

"Ho Chi Minh", World History : The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO)
Biographical article on Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh, leader and president of North Vietnam, 1945-1969

Yugoslavia

"Josip Broz Tito", World History : The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO)
Biographical article on Yugoslavia's leader, Tito

Zimbabwe

Primary Sources, Online Databases

"British Policy in Burma" (1945), World History: The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO)
The British government's 1945 official White Paper, outlining its proposed policy for reorganizing its colonial government in Burma
U Nu, "Burma Looks Ahead" speech (1951), World History : The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO)
Excerpts from U Nu's 1951 speech on Burma's independence.
Sukarno, "Speech at the Opening of the Bandung Conference" (1955), World History: the Modern Era (ABC-CLIO)
Sukarno, "Quote on Colonialism", World History : The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO)
"In Defense of the Shah: the Widow's Tale", New York Times, World History In Context (Gale),

Primary Sources, Websites

"Asian-African Conference : Communique" (1955), Internet Archive
Facsimile of original communique summarizing the key agreements of the 1955 Bandung Conference, aka the Asian-African Conference.
Bandung Conference, 1955
(from the Digital Archive of Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars)
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Leading representatives from twenty-nine newly independent African, Asian, and Middle Eastern countries came together for the Afro-Asian Conference in Bandung, Indonesia, from 19 April-24 April 1955.
Nehru, "Speech to Bandung Conference Political Committee" (1955), Modern History Sourcebook
Excerpts from Nehru's speech to 1955 Bandung Conference organizing leaders.
Resources for the Bandung Conference - Decolonisation: geopolitical issues and impact on the European integration process
(CVCE of the University of Luxembourg)
Sadat, "Afro-Asian Solidarity and the World Mission of the Peoples of Africa and Asia" (1957), Modern History Sourcebook
Future Egyptian President Sadat's 1957 address to the First Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Conference refers to the impacts of the Bandung Conference and current independence movements.
The Second Asian-African Conference
(from the Digital Archive of Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars)
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In 1965, countries in Asia and Africa sought to convene the Second Asian-African Conference, a follow up to the 1955 Bandung Meeting. The Conference was called off due to the Sino-Soviet split and the toppling of the Ben Bella government in Algeria.

Primary Sources, Books

The Political and Moral Imperatives of the Bandung Conference of 1955 : The Reactions of the US, UK and Japan by Kweku Ampiah
ISBN: 9781905246403
Publication Date: 2007-08-30

Modern World History: Bandung Conference

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