The following is a list of entries for the Companion. It is based on editorial decisions and on what Commonwealth scholars wished to contribute, based on the idea that cultural relations in the Companion will be presented as an alphabetical series of cultural events, put forward, within each article, as being in some way landmarks in the cultural history of the Commonwealth. Each article should be somehow a response to the question, “In what way has this event contributed to making Commonwealth culture (since 1884) distinctive?
Alphabetical list of articles
In bold type: article written or in the process of being written. Other articles requested.
* 3000 signs, no subheadings, up to 3 bibliographical references
** 6000 signs, 2 subheadings, up to 6 bibliographical references
*** 9000 signs, 3 subheadings, up to 9 bibliographical references
*Achimota School/University in Ghana
*ackee and saltfish (ED)
*African Writers’ Makerere Conference, 1962
**Anansi stories (JT)
*Alberta Sweetgrass (FB)
**The Anglican Church (PB)
**Angry Penguins (HG)
***Anzac Day (XP)
**An Area of Darkness (CG)
*Asian Women Writers’ Workshop (GB)
*Atanarjuat
***Australian press, history of (CL)
***Australian radio, history of (JL)
***Australian universities (XP)
**The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian
**Bilingualism in Canada (AJL)
*The Blinkards
***Bollywood
*Bombay Progressive Artists’ Group
**Botanical Gardens in Canada (FB)
**Botanical Gardens in South Africa
**Kew Gardens
**Botanical Gardens in Australia
*The Bulletin
*The Caine Prize
*Canada First (FL)
*Caribbean Voices (ED)
*Chair in Australian history
**Church missions in Africa (MM)
**Church missions in Australia
**Church missions in the Caribbean (KB)
*Commonwealth Foundation (VR)
*Commonwealth of Learning (VR)
*Commonwealth Writers Prize (MS)
*Commonwealth Writers [Project] (MS)
**Contemporary Pakistani Literature
***Cricket
*Cry the Beloved Country
*Curry
*A Discovery of Strangers (FB)
**Disgrace (MR)
**Federalism in the Commonwealth (PB)
*Freedom Charter (South Africa)
***Gandhi, a media celebrity (MB)
**Great Depression in Australia
**Great Depression in Canada (SLH and …)
*Group of Seven (FB)
*gumboot dancing
*Haileybury and Imperial Service College
*The Harder They Come (JT)
*Highlife
**Hinglish (GGD)
*History of the Voice (ED)
**Indian Feminism (MB)
**Indian Historiography (TDC)
*(Indian) National Gallery of Modern Art
**Indian secondary schools
**Indian universities (GGD)
*Jack Maggs
*The Journals of Susanna Moodie (CO)
*Kwani? (AJ)
**Language issues in contemporary Canadian literature
**Language issues in Contemporary Cypriot Writing (SG)
*The Last Harmattan
*Little magazines in the Caribbean (ED)
**The Lonely Londoners (KB)
*Louis Riel, statue of (BRC)
**Mabo case
*Mbube
**Multilinguism in Canada (FB)
**Multilinguism in Nigeria
**Nelson Mandela, a media celebrity
**Bob Marley, a media celebrity
*Mhudi
*Midnight’s Children
*Narmada River dam controversy
*National Parks in Canada (HV)
*National Parks in India
*National Parks in South Africa
*National Parks in Australia
*New religions in Canada
**Nobel Prize for Literature
**Nollywood
*Noongar language
*Oka crisis (SLH)
*Panafricanist Skills Project, Tanzania (LND)
*Postmodernism in Canada (HV)
***Reggae (ED)
*Residential schools in Canada
*Rooibos
*Royal Tours in Canada
**Rugby in NZ (FT)
**Rugby in South Africa
*SABC
*Slave castles/museums in Ghana
*Slavery in Liverpool, commemoration of
*Slave trade Tours
**A Small Place (DM)
*Soweto uprising
*Tent Embassy
*Things Fall Apart
*Translation in Canada
**The TRC
*University of the West Indies
**Vimy Ridge memorial
*Waitangi Day (GA)
*Who Killed Canadian History? (SLH)