Pan-Africanism

AVID Mission Statement My childhood was spent with four women. They constructed a space for me that was void of the manacles of racial standards, an expanse free for me to roam and wallow freely in its immaculate glory. As i endeavored to America, this space shrunk further and further until it had transformed into a cramped chamber. For the first time, I had to grapple with what it meant to be black, to have your skin’s pigment be brimmed with melanin. The concept of race was vehemently…

for having a great moral compass, as most people did in their early years. His father was a minister who would frequently travel to preach, and through his father, he was introduced to Marcus Garvey. Garvey was a distinguished Black nationalist and Pan-Africanist leader, who was also the founder of the UNIA (Universal Negro Improvement Association). He was known for his ideas of Black identity, Black pride, and Black economic independence; even advocating…

At the first glance, especially after reading the essential last speeches of Malcolm, there seems to be a tremendous overlap in his and Stokely’s theoretical and practical positions. Both strongly favor the empowerment of African Americans and other oppressed peoples around the world. While his early conceptual work echoes many of the central themes of Malcolm’s philosophy, Carmichael makes hardly any direct references to him in his writings or his speeches. As we will see later on, despite…

The Ethnicity, Class and Nation paradigms, are the frames about the concept of race and its constant changing throughout time that Omi and Winant used to try to understand how racial dynamics developed and why they still persist especially in USA. Their theory of racial formation analyzes the agreement on the meaning of race and racial categories and the interplay on how social structure shapes and is shaped by race throughout history and time, like in an organized “Project”. In particular they…

“Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family: Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one.”-Jane Howard. Like many other families, my family is often dysfunctional or rambunctious at times; however, it is those moments that allow you to see the beauty in complexity. The family structure is the single most important institution in every individual’s life. Not only does it provide a person with their first means of socialization, but it also molds actions, thoughts…

The Pan-Africanists “aimed to provide a forum for conversation and action among people of the African descent across cultures”; and Garvey "proposed a solution to a racial conflict to deal with the imperialist threat by returning to Africa" (Davis 106,109)…

Du Bois was a scholar, poet. Agitator, father of pan-Africanism, founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and one of the most important leaders with a strong voice. He makes it appoint that the African Americans are still not being treated equally to the white men. Though…

Many countries around the world, both great and small were colonized by the European from as early as the fifteenth century. The Europeans colonized places such as the Americas, the Caribbean, Africa, Australia, New Zealand among others because they thought that these places were sources of raw materials and other commodities that will benefit them (Digital History, 2016). Consequently, after many, many years of colonialism by the Europeans, decolonization began around the nineteenth century and…

1-Nigel C. Gibson. "Africa and globalization: marginalization and resistance"Journal of Asian and African Studies. Sage Publication, 2004. This article examines the effects of globalization and capitalism on African political and socioeconomic development in our modern times. The article argues that globalization marginalized the African societies because of lack of investment and real opportunities. It destroyed the African traditional economies. The author also highlights the discriminatory…

“Hearts are the strongest when they beat in response to noble ideals.” -Ralph Bunche This quotation could be applied to the Congo and Tanzania after independence; and specifically to Patrice Lumumba and Julius Nyerere, who both had noble ideals and goals and stood up for them. Despite their intentions; it did not work exactly as they wanted, and the Congo was used as a pawn in the Cold War while African Socialism in Tanzania deteriorated. When the Congo gained independence in 1960, the MNC…