Pan-African congresses

African history

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Kenyatta

  • Jomo Kenyatta
    In Jomo Kenyatta: Entrance into full-time politics

    Kenyatta helped organize the fifth Pan-African Congress, which met in Manchester, England, on October 15–18, 1945, with W.E.B. Du Bois of the United States in the chair; Kwame Nkrumah, the future leader of Ghana, was also present. Resolutions were passed and plans discussed for mass nationalist movements to demand independence…

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Nkrumah

Pan-Africanism

  • In Pan-Africanism: The Pan-African Congress movement

    During the 20th century advocates of Pan-Africanism made many efforts to institutionalize their ideas and to create formal organizations to complement the work of Pan-Africanist intellectuals. The first meeting designed to bring together peoples of African descent for the purpose of discussing…

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