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African anarchist history

"In the social domain all human history represents an uninterrupted chain of struggles by the working masses for their rights, liberty and a better life. In the history of human society this class struggle has always been the  primary factor which determined the form and structure of these societies."

Peter Arshinov, Nestor Makhno and others, 1926, The Organisational Platform of the  Libertarian Communists

     There were were movements aligned to, or influenced by anarchism in north Africa and parts of southern Africa - especially South Africa- in the early twentieth-century. The main countries of historic anarchist activity include Algeria, Egypt, Mozambique, Tunisia, and  South Africa. 

North Africa:

     An introduction to aspects of anarchist history in North Africa may be found at Libertarians, the Left and the Middle East

South Africa:

     For an introduction to the role of anarchism and revolutionary syndicalism in the early black trade union movement in South Africa, see 

"Fight for Africa, which you deserve": The Industrial Workers of Africa in South Africa, 1917-1921

     This article includes the manifesto of Industrial Workers of Africa,  the first African trade union in South Africa. The article is taken from Bulletin no. 24 of the Kate Sharpley Library and Documentation Centre, dedicated to anarchist history and research.

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