Compare The Nature Of Pan-Africanism, Race And A Social Constructed Africa
Pan-Africanism, race and a social constructed Africa
Based on culture, identity and world view: slavery, slave trade and the African Diaspora
Pan-Africanism, race and a social constructed Africa
‘What is Africa to me? Once I should have answered the question simply: I should have said "fatherland" or perhaps better "motherland" because I was born in the century when the walls of race were clear and straight in the United States.’ (Du Bois:1968, 115)
This citation describes the Pan-Africanist feeling of Du Bios in his autobiography. Du Bios grew up in the United States (U.S.) and was the First African-American who graduated from Harvard (Du Bois:1968, 18.). This feeling of Pan-Africanism can be traced back for centuries in different regions in the world. This research answers the question: to what extent can we speak about one global feeling of Pan-Africanism? This article analyzes the changing opinion on Pan-Africanism from the colonial period until now. Moreover, it will elaborate on the different opinions on Pan-Africanism in …show more content…
(1993) In My Father’s House: Africa in the Philosophy of Culture. Oxford University Press: Oxford * Bank, A. (1997) The Great Debate and the Origins of South African Historiography. The Journal of African History Vol. 38, No.2, pp.261-281 * Du Bois, W.E.B. (1968) Dusk of Dawn. Schocken Books: United States of America * Edozie, R. (2012) The Sixth Zone: The African Diaspora and the African Union’s Global era of Pan-Africanism. Journal of African American Studies. Vol. 16 No. 2, pp. 268-299 * Kitson, T.J (1999) Tempering Race and Nation: Recent Debates in Diaspora Identity. Research in African Literature. Vol. 30 No. 2 pp 89-94. * Sherwood, M. (2003) Pan-African History: Political figures from Africa and the Diaspora. Routledge: London * Website African Union about the Diaspora summit: http://www.au.int/en/summit. (last visited at the 26th of
Based on culture, identity and world view: slavery, slave trade and the African Diaspora
Pan-Africanism, race and a social constructed Africa
‘What is Africa to me? Once I should have answered the question simply: I should have said "fatherland" or perhaps better "motherland" because I was born in the century when the walls of race were clear and straight in the United States.’ (Du Bois:1968, 115)
This citation describes the Pan-Africanist feeling of Du Bios in his autobiography. Du Bios grew up in the United States (U.S.) and was the First African-American who graduated from Harvard (Du Bois:1968, 18.). This feeling of Pan-Africanism can be traced back for centuries in different regions in the world. This research answers the question: to what extent can we speak about one global feeling of Pan-Africanism? This article analyzes the changing opinion on Pan-Africanism from the colonial period until now. Moreover, it will elaborate on the different opinions on Pan-Africanism in …show more content…
(1993) In My Father’s House: Africa in the Philosophy of Culture. Oxford University Press: Oxford * Bank, A. (1997) The Great Debate and the Origins of South African Historiography. The Journal of African History Vol. 38, No.2, pp.261-281 * Du Bois, W.E.B. (1968) Dusk of Dawn. Schocken Books: United States of America * Edozie, R. (2012) The Sixth Zone: The African Diaspora and the African Union’s Global era of Pan-Africanism. Journal of African American Studies. Vol. 16 No. 2, pp. 268-299 * Kitson, T.J (1999) Tempering Race and Nation: Recent Debates in Diaspora Identity. Research in African Literature. Vol. 30 No. 2 pp 89-94. * Sherwood, M. (2003) Pan-African History: Political figures from Africa and the Diaspora. Routledge: London * Website African Union about the Diaspora summit: http://www.au.int/en/summit. (last visited at the 26th of