The first survey of the Pan-African movement this century, this book
provides a history of the individuals and organisations that have
sought the unity of all those of African origin as the basis for
advancement and liberation. Initially an idea and movement that took
root among the African Diaspora, in more recent times Pan-Africanism
has been embodied in the African Union, the organisation of African
states which includes the entire African Diaspora as its 'sixth
region'.
Hakim Adi covers
many of the key political figures of the 20th century, including Du
Bois, Garvey, Malcolm X, Nkrumah and Gaddafi, as well as Pan-African
culture expression from Négritude to the wearing of the Afro hair
style and the music of Bob Marley.
