Pan-Africanism in modern times : challenges, concerns, and constraints / edited by Olayiwola Abegunrin and Sabella Ogbobode Abidde.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Abegunrin, Olayiwola, editor, author.

Abidde, Sabella Ogbobode, 1962- editor, author.

Series:

African governance and development.

African governance and development

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pan-Africanism--History.

Pan-Africanism.

Black nationalism.

African diaspora.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (334 pages)

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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- -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:

Introduction / Olayiwola Abegunrin and Sabella Ogbobode Abidde

The origins of Pan-Africanism / Olayiwola Abegunrin

Pan-African Congresses: 1893-1974 / Olayiwola Abegunrin

Pan-Africanism and the struggle for the liberation of Zimbabwe / Charity Manyeruke

Xenophobia and Pan-Africanism in post-apartheid South Africa / Sechaba Khoapa

Pan-Africanism and African diaspora: a geographic perspective / Elisha J. Dung and Paul Erhunmwunsee

Pan-Africanism in the United States: identity and belonging / James Pope

Pan-Africanism: the essential then and the critical now in North America / Robert White

Blacks in Latin America and the Caribbean: past, present and future / Brenda I. Gill

Blacks in Asia: identity and belonging / Alecia D. Hoffman and Sharron Y. Heron-Williams

Islam and Pan-Africanism in the modern world / Sulayman S. Nyang

Pan-Africanism and women: projections and speculations for the future / Brenda I. Gill

Sankara, Rawlings and Gaddafi: intellectuals, populists and revolutionaries as Pan-Africanists / Sabella Ogbobode Abidde

Pan-Africanism: the state and status of a movement / Sabella Ogbobode Abidde

Resurgence and the new direction of Pan-Africanism in the twenty-first century / Sabella Ogbobode Abidde

Biography of some notable Pan-Africanists / Olayiwola Abegunrin

Appendix A: declaration to the colonial peoples of the world.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4985-3510-0