The ''African Times and Orient Review'' was a

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and pan-African journal launched in 1912 by

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, an Egyptian-British actor and journalist, with the help of

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. It is thought to have been "Britain's first Black 'campaigning' journal." The first issue appeared in July 1912, as a "monthly devoted to the interests of the coloured races of the world": From July to December 1913, the review appeared monthly, and from 24 March to 18 August 1914 it appeared weekly. Contributors included Marcus Garvey, who was published in the review on his trips to Britain, Shaikh M. H. Kidwai of Gadia and

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. With the outbreak of the First World War, the

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banned the journal in India and British colonies in Africa, in an effort to prevent unrest. Publication was stopped for two years. From January 1917 to October 1918, the journal restarted as a monthly, but publication stopped until January 1920. It was revived as ''Africa and Orient Review,'' published from its offices at 158

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, London, until December 1920.

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