A Response To Pan-Africanism

African history reeks with the tall moments of Pan-Africanism which should interest my friends on Steemit wishing to know about Africa. This philosophy is based on the belief that Africans share common connections, ties and goals. Pan-Africanism developed outside the black man’s home in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This feeling of denigration developed as a response to the impacts of colonialism in Africa. The scramble for Africa heralded colonialism and imperialism in Africa but the response to this colonialism is Pan-Africanism.

Activists from Africa in the mid-20th century espoused the idea of Pan-Africanism as a vehicle to push for the independence of Africa states. Africans resisted white man domination from their earliest contacts. Some of the early Pan-Africanists sought to unite Africa as one independent nation. As seen outside the continent of Africa today. That is, Africa is seen as a nation. These ones want the unity of the people within

The conference attracted a small but significant representation of Africans and people of African descent from the Caribbean and the United States, as well as whites from Britain.

The next several Pan-African meetings were organized by distinguished African American scholar W. E. B. Du Bois, cofounder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Du Bois convened the first Pan-African Congress in Paris in 1919.

The next Pan-African congresses sponsored by Du Bois were held in 1921 (in London, Paris, and Brussels, Belgium), 1923 (in London and Lisbon, Portugal), and 1927 (in New York City). These congresses were attended by increasing numbers of representatives from the United States, Europe, Africa, and the Caribbean. The wind of Pan-Africanism brought about the