Pan-Africanism today is seen much more as a cultural and social philosophy than the politically driven movement of the past. �;a�����5h���sQ��j����Q�����������o7t���ۄ0m�s�8�3U�#p�-�"�Ql���D�Xw��*�wE. Historically, Pan-Africanism has often taken the shape of a political or cultural movement. These two conferences were milestones in the quest for African unity. 0000007832 00000 n 0000008064 00000 n 0000001005 00000 n Pan-Africanism is a worldwide movement that aims to encourage and strengthen bonds of solidarity between all indigenous and diaspora ethnic groups of African descent. %PDF-1.4 %���� 0000007377 00000 n 0000007607 00000 n x��yX�U��ϙ�qGH�]T��M7�����܈�-Q�J�,���l�����m��}�lߵ}�l/M�}�����}���x���u]3��|��}�g=��B pendent African states to lead the continent towards the attainment of this goal. Based on a common goal dating back to the Atlantic slave trade, the movement extends beyond continental Africans with a substantial support base among the African diaspora in the Americas and Europe. the African Union. 0000000924 00000 n People, such as Molefi Kete Asante, hold to the importance of ancient Egyptian and Nubian cultures being part of a Black African heritage and seek a re-evaluation of Africa's place, and the diaspora, in the world. In its most straightforward version, Pan-Africanism is the political project calling for the unification of all Africans into a single African state, to which those in the African diaspora can return. xref 55 15 0000000507 00000 n 0000007750 00000 n The movement then definitely entered the sphere of practical politics,6 and between 1959 and 1963 various They made Pan-Africanism an exclusive African movement, lead by Africans. Pan-Africanism, the idea that peoples of African descent have common interests and should be unified. 0000008154 00000 n In its vaguer, more cultural, forms, Pan-Africanism has pursued literary and artistic projects that bring together people in Africa and her diaspora. 0000008196 00000 n Africans from South Africa and We.st Africa studying in the United States carried these ideas back home with them. trailer <<82A6EA7D8A642B15949B881F21A9ED88>]>> startxref 0 %%EOF 55 0 obj <> endobj 56 0 obj <>/ExtGState<>>>>> endobj 57 0 obj <> endobj 58 0 obj <>endobj 59 0 obj <> endobj 60 0 obj <>stream 0000000762 00000 n 0000007688 00000 n 0000000570 00000 n PAN-AFRICANISM and thestruggle ofthe ... Pan-Africanism started as a political movement with its own ideological basis at the end of the nineteenth century and has since followed a very complicated, contradictory course. 0000001192 00000 n In fact, the theme ( Pan-Africanism and African Renaissance) for the 50th anniversary celebration ( May 25, 2013 ) of the AU provides a good description of Pan-Africanism and African unity. According to the African Union: Pan-Africanism is an ideology and movement that encourages the solidarity of Africans worldwide. B- a black and white mixed policy abroad C- an idea that is founded on the belief that African people share communal bonds and objectives and that promotes unity to achieve these objectives. DuBois' insistence on the need to relate Negro 0000007981 00000 n A- a policy base on the idea that white people share communal bonds and objectives and that promotes unity to achieve these objectives. In its narrowest political manifestation, Pan-Africanists There are many varieties of Pan-Africanism. The nascent ideas of Pan-Africanism bubbled up simultaneously in the West Indies and in the United States; there was considerable cross-fertilizationof ideas and competition of movement. !,�E��)�郅�)������(���2�rI�S�a�$�"�WM�܅��:)�w!�z�]�����E�����ϓ:��x�#9� �}ѹBXc��]ظ����e[������