Call for Papers

Posted on January 15, 2018

Call for Papers

The 2018 International Scientific Conference on “Pan Africanism & African Renaissance in the 21st Century” 19-21 March, 2018

Background
The African Renaissance refers to Africa’s renewal, re-birth or re-generation. Though often taken for granted, the concept was initiated way back in the early 1900s; between 1946- 1960s African scholars such as Cheikh Anta Diop wrote essays providing a blue print for the African Renaissance arguing for overall development of Africa. He particularly stressed the development of indigenous languages, economic development, music, culture and a political ideology. Earlier on, the idea of Pan-Africanism had taken root in 1897 with the first Pan-African conference in London in 1900. Through the influence of many Pan-Africanists in the Diaspora such as JE Casely Hayford, Sylvester Williams and Marcus Garvey as well as the influence of scholars like WEB Du Bois, George Padmore, Frans Fanon and Paul Roberts among others, many African countries and the African Union continue to pursue the vision of Africa regional integration. Entrenched with the ideology and spirit of unity, eminent persons such as Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana, Mwalimu Julius Nyerere of Tanzania and Patrice Lumumba and former President Thabo Mbeki continued with the movement of Pan-Africanism and reviving the African Renaissance.

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