Know Africa 2: The Harbinger of African Colonialism

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African history is filled with the tall moments of Pan-Africanism which should interest my friends on Steemit wishing to know about Africa.

In case you missed the first part of the series, you may find it here

This philosophy of Pan- Africanism is based on the belief that Africans share common connections, ties and goals. Pan-Africanism developed outside the black man’s home in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This feeling of denigration developed as a response to the impacts of colonialism in Africa.

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Just like it was written in the first series that scramble for Africa heralded colonialism and imperialism in Africa but the response to this colonialism is Pan-Africanism.

Activists from Africa in the mid-20th century espoused the idea of Pan-Africanism as a vehicle to push for the independence of African states. Africans resisted white man domination from their earliest contacts. Some of the early Pan-Africanists sought to unite Africa as one independent nation. As seen outside the continent of Africa today.

That is, Africa is seen as a nation. These ones want the unity of the people within Africa. Other early Pan-Africanists were after the solidarity and cooperation of black man both at home and outside the shores of Africa. It is believed that Edward Wilmot Blyden, a Caribbean-born Liberian educator, may have coined the term Pan-Africanism.

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In 1900 Henry Sylvester Williams, a lawyer from the Caribbean Island of Trinidad, organized a Pan-African conference in London to give black people the opportunity to discuss issues affecting blacks in the world.

The conference attracted a small but significant representation of Africans and people of African descent from the Caribbean and the United States, as well as whites from Britain.

The next several Pan-African meetings were organized by distinguished African American scholar W.E.B. Du Bois, cofounder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Du Bois convened the first Pan-African Congress in Paris in 1919.

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The next Pan-African congresses sponsored by Du Bois were held in 1921 (in London, Paris, and Brussels, Belgium), 1923 (in London and Lisbon, Portugal), and 1927 (in New York City). These congresses were attended by increasing numbers of representatives from the United States, Europe, Africa, and the Caribbean.

The wind of Pan-Africanism brought about the following:

*The movement harbingered an expose into colonialism in Africa.

*Pan-Africanism triggered the consciousness for the agitation for independence.

*It increased “Back to Africa” awareness among the Negroes that championed the reparation movements.

*It addressed the sociopolitical problems of black man.

*It brought much social changes which enhanced international cooperation with the outside world.

*Pan-Africanism became the breeding philosophy for future African leaders like Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana, Julius Nyerere of Tanzania, Léopold Sédar Senghor of Senegal etc.

To be continued...

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