The Pan-African Pantheon

Adekeye Adebajo

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Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Contents

Acknowledgements

List of Contributors

Part 1: Introduction: The Roots and Routes of Pan-Africanism

1 Pan-Africanism: From the Twin Plagues of European Locusts to Africa’s Triple Quest for Emancipation

2 The Great Durban Betrayal: Global Africa, Reparations, and the End of Pan-Africanism

Part 2: The Pioneers

3 Edward Wilmot Blyden: Pan-African Pioneer

4 W.E.B. Du Bois: “The Father of Pan-Africanism”?

5 Marcus Garvey: “Africa for the Africans”

6 George Padmore: The Pan-African Scholar-Activist

7 Amy Ashwood Garvey: Global Pan-African Feminist

8 Pixley Seme: The Regeneration of Africa

Part 3: The Politicians

9 Kwame Nkrumah: “A Great African, But Not a Great Ghanaian”?

10 Thabo Mbeki: The Pan-African Philosopher-King

11 Dudley Thompson: Pan-African Politician and Diplomat

12 Boutros Boutros-Ghali: The Afro-Arab Peacemaker

Part 4: The Activists

13 Malcolm X: Pan-African Crusader for Social Justice

14 Maya Angelou: Pan-Africanism within a Politics of Respectability

15 Walter Rodney: Pan-African Martyr

16 Ruth First: Pan-African Revolutionary

17 Wangari Maathai: Pan-African Peacebuilder

18 Randall Robinson: Pan-African Foreign Policy Virtuoso

Part 5: The Social Scientists

19 C.L.R. James: With Africa on His Mind

20 Arthur Lewis: Nobel Actor on a Pan-African Stage

21 Ali Mazrui: African Identity and the African Condition

22 Stuart Hall: The Making of a “Post-Colonial” Sociologist

23 Adebayo Adedeji: Prophet of Pan-African Integration

Part 6: The Philosophers

24 Frantz Fanon: Pan-African Philosopher of Democracy and Development

25 Amílcar Cabral: Critical Theorist of Revolutionary Decolonisation

26 Steve Biko: Philosopher of Black Consciousness

27 Paulin J. Hountondji: Africa’s Quest for Authentic Knowledge

28 V.Y. Mudimbe: The Philosopher-Poet

29 Kwame Anthony Appiah: The Cosmopolitan Pan-Africanist

Part 7: The Literati

30 Léopold Senghor: Poet-President of Négritude

31 Wole Soyinka: Ogun’s Bard

32 Derek Walcott: Black Power and “The Myth of My Own Self”

33 Buchi Emecheta: The Burden of Exile

34 Mariama Bâ: Pioneering Feminist

35 Micere Mugo: Making Life Sing in Pursuit of Utu

Part 8: The Musical Activists

35 Miriam Makeba: Mama Africa

37 Bob Marley: Revolutionary Prophet of African Unity

38 Fela Anikulapo-Kuti: A Felasophy of Kalakuta Republic and African Citizenship

Notes

Index

Adekeye Adebajo

The Pan-African Pantheon