Pan-African Federation Explained
The Pan-African Federation was a multinational Pan-African organization founded in Manchester, United Kingdom, in 1944.[1]
Participating groups
Participating groups included:[2]
Aims
Its aims were:[3]
- To promote the well-being and unity of African peoples and peoples of African descent throughout the world
- To demand self-determination and independence of African peoples, and other subject races from the domination of powers claiming sovereignty and trusteeship over them
- To secure equality of civil rights for African peoples and the total abolition of all forms of racial discrimination.
- To strive to co-operate between African peoples and others who share our aspirations.[4]
See also
Notes and References
- http://www.wcml.org.uk/contents/international/pan-african-congress/ "Pan African Congress in Manchester, 1945"
- [Hakim Adi]
- Adi, "George Padmore and the 1945 Manchester Pan-African Congress", in Baptiste and Lewis (2009), p. 81.
- David J. Francis, Uniting Africa: Building Regional Peace and Security Systems, Ashgate Publishing, 2006, p. 13.