•It
is a sociopolitical world-view, as well as a movement, which seeks
to unify and uplift both native Africans and those of the African
Diaspora, as part of a "global African community
•Pan-Africanism is usually seen as a product of the Atlantic
slave trade. Enslaved Africans of diverse origins and their
descendants found themselves embedded in a system of exploitation
where their African origin became a sign of their servile status.
Pan-Africanism set aside cultural differences, asserting the
principality of these shared experiences to foster solidarity and
resistance to exploitation.
•Pan-Africanism
was developed by outstanding African scholars, political scientists,
historians and philosophers living in Africa and the Diaspora.
•As
a movement, Pan-Africanism began in 1776.
•It
was, however, the fifth Pan-African Congress held in
Manchester, England, in 1945 that advanced Pan-Africanism
and applied it to the decolonization of the African
continent politically.
•Some
African leaders involved in this noble cause were giants
such as: Kwame Nkrumah, William du Bois, Jomo Kenyatta,
Robert Sobukwe and Patrice Lumumba.