Directed by Moscow? Communist Poland’s Policies in Decolonial Africa, 1918/1945–1964
Directed by Moscow? Communist Poland’s Policies in Decolonial Africa, 1918/1945–1964

Summary/Abstract: The article examines the historical breaks and continuities in the Polish state’s policies toward (de)colonial Africa, underlining the persistence of the economic and cultural factors therein. It is argued that during the period after World War II, Warsaw managed to exercise considerable autonomy in its approach to independent states and rebellious colonies on the continent, despite ideological and political pressure from Moscow. In this manner, the article reconsiders the role of the Polish (People’s) Republic in the international socialist project in the Global South and recommends further research, both on the period of 1945–1964 and later years.

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