Pan-Africanism in Modern Times: Challenges, Concerns, and ConstraintsOlayiwola Abegunrin, Sabella Ogbobode Abidde For about one hundred years, Pan-Africanism—as a social, cultural, economic, political, and philosophical idea—thrived. Towards the tail-end of the twentieth century, however, it waned. But in more recent times, there has been noticeable resurgence. And as we approach the second decade of the twenty-first century, there are indications of significant transformations vis-à-vis the role and place of Pan-Africanism and Pan-Africanists. Consequently, this book offers a new, further, and better understanding of Pan-Africanism—not just from the traditional, African, and African American points of view, but also from a global perspective. It does so by offering an analysis of its early years in terms of the personalities, ideas, and conferences that shaped it; it also examines many of the factors that brought about its decline—and its eventual rebirth. Contributing to this seminal work are scholars of different but complementary styles and intellect, who deviate from the more traditional or obvious approaches. For instance, one of the chapters explores Pan-Africanism from the geographic perspective, while another examines the role and place of women in the Pan-African movement. There are also voices that advance the conversation from the regional and continental viewpoint—hence chapters that investigate the status of Pan-Africanism in Latin America, in the Caribbean, and Islam and Pan-Africanism in the modern world. Ethnonationalism and xenophobia are also part of the treatise because, increasingly, these injurious phenomena are reemerging in Africa’s landscape and consciousness. In an increasingly interdependent and interrelated world, this book also suggests that Pan-Africanism will undergo a metamorphosis: problems and challenges will be seen and tackled from the globalization and global common perspective. Pan-Africanism in Modern Times goes beyond the historicity of Pan-Africanism and examines the challenges, concerns, and constraints it faces; and also examines it from an inclusive perspective to have a broader understanding of this phenomenon and its future trajectory. |
Contents
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| 17 | |
3 PanAfricanism and the Struggle for the Liberation of Zimbabwe | 47 |
4 Xenophobia and PanAfricanism in PostApartheid South Africa | 67 |
5 PanAfricanism and the African Diaspora | 81 |
6 PanAfricanism in the United States | 99 |
7 PanAfricanism | 119 |
8 Blacks in Latin America and the Caribbean | 135 |
12 Sankara Rawlings and Gaddafi | 205 |
13 PanAfricanism | 221 |
14 Resurgence and the New Direction of PanAfricanism | 237 |
15 Biography of Some Notable PanAfricanists | 255 |
APPENDIX A | 281 |
Selected Bibliography | 283 |
| 291 | |
About the Editors | 303 |
9 Blacks in Asia | 153 |
10 Islam and PanAfricanism in the Modern World | 179 |
11 PanAfricanism and Women | 189 |
About the Contributors | 305 |
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