Pan-Africanists
African solidarity proponents
Pan-Africanists are advocates of Pan-Africanism—the movement promoting unity among African peoples and those of African descent worldwide.
The term encompasses a range of positions, from cultural solidarity to political federation of African nations.
Pan-Africanists gathered at the conference to discuss economic cooperation across the continent.
- negritudeBlack cultural consciousness
- AfrocentrismAfrican-centered cultural framework
- black consciousnessPolitical awareness of African identity
- RastafariJamaican movement honoring Ethiopian divinity
Ending imperial control
- independenceFreedom from external control
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
sovereignty · anti-imperialism · self-rule · nationalism · resistance · struggle · revolution · civil rights
Merging into one entity
- federationUnion of semi-autonomous states
- integrationCombining into a whole
- solidarityUnity among allies
- allianceFormal union of parties
cohesion · togetherness · collaboration · coalition · cooperation · brotherhood · sisterhood · collective action
One's native land
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- rootsUnderground nutrient absorbers
- identityWho someone is
repatriation · Middle Passage · slavery · dispersion · exodus · migration · return · motherland
Depending on oneself alone
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- agencyPower to act
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- advancementForward movement or promotion
education · consciousness-raising · awareness · leadership · development · economic independence · black power · uplift
Marcus Garvey
- negritudeBlack cultural consciousness
- AfrocentrismAfrican-centered cultural framework
- black consciousnessPolitical awareness of African identity
W.E.B. Du Bois · Malcolm X · Haile Selassie · Steve Biko · Rastafari
decolonization
Ending imperial control
- independenceFreedom from external control
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
self-determination · sovereignty · anti-imperialism · self-rule · nationalism · resistance · struggle · revolution · civil rights · abolitionism
unification
Merging into one entity
- federationUnion of semi-autonomous states
- integrationCombining into a whole
- solidarityUnity among allies
alliance · cohesion · togetherness · collaboration · coalition · cooperation · brotherhood · sisterhood · collective action · common purpose
homeland
One's native land
identity · repatriation · Middle Passage · slavery · dispersion · exodus · migration · return · motherland · Liberia
self-reliance
Depending on oneself alone
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- agencyPower to act
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
advancement · education · consciousness-raising · awareness · leadership · development · economic independence · black power · uplift · pride
Pan-Africanistscolonialists
Occupiers of foreign lands
imperialists · white supremacists · segregationists · colonial administrators · assimilationists
Pan-Africanistsassimilationists
Those advocating cultural absorption
Pan-Africanist, Pan-African, pan, Africa, African, Africans, Africanism, Africanist, Africanize