Pan-Africanism : What is Pan-Africanism?

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QUOTE=panafrica]I don't have much time so I'll be short with this response.

African, please do not think that I am picking on you. But clearly, you are on the wrong track already. You are a leader. As such, You have a duty to find the time; to make the time. Until we all learn to show a sense of leadership vis-a-vis our children and our youth in general, we have problems. Do not try to push your duty and responsibilities onto the shoulders of the next generation. Try being a responsible adult.

The continued progress of the PanAfrican Conferences were slowed by the beginning of the modern Civil Rights Movement in America (1950

Wrong again. The Civil Rigts movement was part and parcel of the overall African Revolution. It was impossible for Africans to receive any kind of respect before the emergence of BLACK POWER in the form of Egyptian political independence followed by that of Sudan, Ghana, Guinea and the the majority of African nations, including the Arab nations.

For instnace, in the early 1960's; an African could not even enter a resturant to buy a hamburger while traveling long distances over-the-road. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sit-in) We were humiliated as African, Arab and Asian diplomats and students began to travel between New York City and Washington, D.C. Whenever they were mistaken for a Diasporic African, they would be refused courtesy and service. Therefore their struggle became identical to ours in the good ole racist USA.

Accordingly, Diasporic African students on the East Coast decided to just stand up for their human dignity. Thus, began the Sit-in Movement... This led directly to the BLACK POWER movement and the development of BLACK POWER into Pan-Africanist theories.

and the renewed movement for Indepence in Africa (most of the countries in Africa would achieve their independence in the late 1950s & 60s). In other words the major participants of the PanAfrican conferences became consumed with changing the social structure in their own countries and ceased to work together worldwide.

Wrong again, African.

Subsequent to the Fifth Pan-African Congress, the All-African People's Conerence (AAPC)was convened in Accra, Ghana. This included representatives from the entirety of the African continent. Keep in mind that only Gahna, Guinea, Ethiopia, Liberia, Sirres Leone, Egypt and a few other African states, perhaps Morroco, were independent at the time of the AAPC. Therefore, it was necessary for those states that were independent to offer moral, material and logistical support to the struggles for indepnence throughout the entiety of the the African continent, the Carribean and the good ole racist USA. This is why the AAPRP, although most of its political work was done in the diaspora in it's early years, was founded and based in Africa.

Forthermore, a worldwide anti-colonialist and anti -Zionist movement developed. From the very beginning, the Pan-Africanist Movement, after the independence of Egypt, Ghana and Guinea and Sudan (and a few others), was closely linked to the anti-colonial movements in Asia. We supported the Struggles of the the peoples of Southeast Asia, China, Latin America, the Philipines and many other places around the world, and still do. This is where the real probelms began.

The neo-Pan-Africanists, later to identified as the anti-Africanists in sheep clothing, began to agitate against our Asian allies. We saw riots directed against Asian merchants and other such non-sense. Later they began a conspiracy against the Hispanics. We are only now beginning to outgrow the damage that was inflicted upon us from these forces. Keep in mind that utimately these very same reactionary forces in our own community came back to get us in a very real way. We need look no furhter than the notorious Red Terror movement to see what I mean. Hundreds of thousand were slaughtered directly. Milions were slaghterd indirectly (May Allah accept their Prayers.) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Terror_(Ethiopia).)


So to answer your question NN, I guess a shortcoming would be that with PanAfricanism it can be difficult to decide whether to concentrate more heavily on solving the problems around you or the problems effecting blacks worldwide. Also a new Pan African group was formed in the 1990s: the New Pan-African Movement (PANAF). They hold periodic meetings by African heads of state and development officials to attempt to fix African problems. They officially meet in 1991 (Ivory Coast), and 1993 (Gabon). They are headed by the Rev. Leon Sullivan, and endorse free trade, domocratization, and an international solution to the politicial problems of blacks. However they are not that high profile (I haven't heard anything from them in quite awhile).
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Although Rev Sullivan's organization s part and parcel a part of the overall Pan-Africanist Movement, and it has rendered much valuable services to the African Revolution, it is absolutely incorrect to presume that this movement is in the leadeship of the African Revolution. The political leadership of the African Revolution is, and ought to be, in the hands of political parties up to now when political fronts (defined as multipoliticalparties) are beginning to take leadership. During the heyday of Rev Sullivan's movement, the ANC, ZANU-PF, MPLA, FreliMo and the PAC of Azania were at the forefront. Now that victory has been acheived, the next stage of the Revolution is emerging in the form of the African Union, and many political parties aspiring to form a political front as a way-station to a United Staes of Africa and Arabia. In fact, the main purpose of the politcal front at this time is to be a clearing house to elect a government for the United States of Africa and Arabia.

In the past, Conferences and Congresses have been organized on the basis of invitations, ONLY. Virtually any ole body could call together a few friends and relatives, (bring your own bottle, please) throw a big shing dig and name it a Pan-African Congress. Now, a call has been issued for delegates to be directly elected by the African masses. (http://fudaa.blogspot.com/.) These delgates will have full legitimacy and full authority to establish a government that will be duly recognized by all civilized nations of the world.

Hot air will no longer suffice.
 
CrunchyStuff said:
NNqueen,
For me Pan-Africanism is two fold. What we are going to do to secure that Africa is never attacked again in the future. And what we are going to do, to improve our humble home and our people in Africa.

The best way to secure Africa is through the establishment of a United States of Africa and Arabia.
 
panafrica said:
Great reply CrunchyStuff, and nice to meet you. To answer NN again:

There are different ideologies (or different approaches) to PanAfricansim. If for no other reason this is a reflection of the different cultures & economic structures of the various countries in the world where people of African Descent live. Each country, each ethnic group, each nationality (African, African American, African Carribean, African European, etc.), has a different perspective to bring. Many Pan Africanist are socialist, and the debate whether socialism or capitialism is most beneficial to the improvement of black people worldwide is one of the hottest debates among Pan Africanist. These are the types of issues that are better discussed at a Pan African Conference like those of the early 1900s, which is why I would personally like for them to continue.

You are right about one thing: this nonsense is hot. Thsi is why so much effort and so much energy has been wasted is distraction strategies away from Pan-Africanism. There is a counter revolution movement afoot. It was originally led by anti-Pan-Africanist forces such as Menguistu. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derg)
 
NNQueen said:
There's no single Pan-Africanists group under a single ideology, mission or purpose?

The Front for the Unification and Development of Africa and Arabia is an organization dedicated to bringing all Pan-Africanist organizatins and parties into a single effort to elect an All-African People's Constitutional Convention.
 
abdurratln said:
You are right about one thing: this nonsense is hot. Thsi is why so much effort and so much energy has been wasted is distraction strategies away from Pan-Africanism. There is a counter revolution movement afoot. It was originally led by anti-Pan-Africanist forces such as Menguistu. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derg)


LOL!

Your entire perspective is fallacious.

It was "originally led" by the reactionaries responsible for the Murder of Pan-Africanist leader Patrice Lumumba, and the reactionaries responsible for the overthrow of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah in Ghana and Ahmed Ben Bella in Algeria. Long before "Mengistu" came to power in Ethiopia.
 

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