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These are the stumbling blocks in our progress. They are indeed traitors of our race who do not deserve the respect and honor of our people. 23 Nkumbula’s activities soon attracted the attention of the colonial administration. Early in 1942, the Advisory Committee of the Mufulira African Recreation Club, in which Nkumbula sat, was forbidden by the District Commissioner (DC) to hold a debate on amalgamation. Although Soulsby—who, four years earlier, had himself described amalgamation as the project of “a vociferous section of the Immigrant population .
23 Nkumbula’s activities soon attracted the attention of the colonial administration. Early in 1942, the Advisory Committee of the Mufulira African Recreation Club, in which Nkumbula sat, was forbidden by the District Commissioner (DC) to hold a debate on amalgamation. Although Soulsby—who, four years earlier, had himself described amalgamation as the project of “a vociferous section of the Immigrant population . . 25 Anticipating the leitmotiv of the historical sections of “Life and customs of the Baila,” the three-page-long “Brief tribal history of the Baila” is mainly concerned with the theme of Bwila’s precolonial political disunity and its ensuing weakness vis-à-vis foreign invaders, of whom “there had been 2 kinds .
The first section of the chapter, then, seeks to do justice to the intellectual and political dilemmas faced by Nkumbula by illuminating both the national and regional dimensions of his political thought and action. My aim is to show that the continuing imagination of 30 Liberal Nationalism in Central Africa interethnic solidarities and the growth of national consciousness during the anti-federal campaign did not preclude Nkumbula from rooting that same campaign in the unique historical experience of his home region and consolidating his power base therein.