Scope and Contents This unpublished manuscript was probably written by Burns sometime after 6 January 1973 and was transcribed by his grandson Andrew FitzGerald between 2013 and 2016. The formatting and content of each page have been reproduced as faithfully as possible to the original manuscript, and every effort was made to retain its style of presentation. The illustrated cover, however, was not part of the original manuscript. The scope of Burn’s history is set out in the table of contents:I....

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Lecture given by AFB (described as "My first speech!") at the Finsbury branch of the Independent Labour Party (ILP), on social conditions in India, particularly: the causes of famine; taxation of the poor; education; harsh measures taken against the Nationalist movement; the case for self-government.

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Papers mainly comprising correspondence (chiefly political), political subject files, speeches and articles and literary drafts and proofs.

This collection has an 'Associated' section, consisting of material from one or more sources distinct from the main series, potentially including material about, but not created, accumulated or owned by, the subject of the collection.

Scope and Contents Text of AFB's article on African leaders he had known for the Time-Life book "The Wind of Change Hits Africa", including: Kwame Nkrumah, former President of Ghana; Hastings Banda, Prime Minister of Nyasaland, later President of Malawi; Kenneth Kaunda, President of Zambia; Joshua Nkomo, leader of the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU); Nnamdi Azikiwe, former President of Nigeria; Yakubu Gowon, President of Nigeria. Also includes further text from the book on the move to independence in...