Pan-Africanism, and the Politics of African Citizenship and Identity

ISBN-13: 9780415836296 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 266 str.

Toyin Falola; Kwame Essien

Opis

Offering a kind of "academic post-mortem," this volume seeks to gauge the extent to which Pan-Africanism has penetrated various disciplines, how Pan-Africanism overlaps with the study of the African Diaspora, and why Pan-Africanism is located on the periphery as African Diaspora studies gains momentum. The contributors - coming from various geographical backgrounds and a broad range of academic disciplines including history, political science, philosophy, education, sociology, linguistics, international studies, and Africana and diaspora studies - engage with each other to create cross-regional dialogues about the overlaps and intersections between Pan-Africanism, diaspora studies and reverse migrations, providing an analysis of Pan-Africanism and the African Diaspora from political, social and economic perspectives and in a global context.

Spis treści

Introduction  Toyin Falola and Kwame Essien  Part One: Historicizing Pan-Africanism and the Contradictions  1. Pan African Theory’s Impact on the Development of Afrocentric Education in Jamaica  Jamaine Abidogun  2. "Africa, the Land of Our Fathers": The Emigration of Charlestonians to Liberia in the Nineteenth Century  Lawrence Aje  3. Liberia After Creation: Whither the Pan-Africanist Dream  Inyang Etim Bassey  4. Pan-Africanism and Slave Rebellions: The Interconnections  Aminah Wallace  Part Two: Pan-African Citizenship, Identity and Entitlements: The Place of Pan-Africanism in Reverse Diaspora Migrations  5. The Global Implications of Pan Africanism and the Establishment of "New Communities" in Africa: The Case of Victoria in Southwest Cameroon  Richard Agbor A. Enoh  6. "Performance" in Trans-Atlantic Communities in Africa: The Case of Brazilian-Africans and American-Africans in Ghana  Kwame Essien  7. Mobilizing the African Diaspora for Development: The Politics of Dual Citizenship in Ghana  George M. Bob-Milliar and Gloria K. Bob-Milliar  8. Citizens and Strangers in the Virgin Forest Together?: Migrations and Cross-Cultural Encounters in the Oral Histories of Sefwi Debiso Community of Western Ghana  Augustine Tawiah  Part Three: Re-Evaluating Pan-Africanism, the Challenges in the Past and the Way Forward  9. Nationality and the Pan-African State  Vincent Dodoo and Wilhelmina Donkoh  10. Critical Departures in the Practice of Pan-Africanism in the New Millennium  Harry Odamtten  11. Pan-Africanism and the Place of Africa in Contemporary World Power Politics  Sharon A. Omotoso and Emmanuel A. Layode  12. The Spirit of Pan-Africanism and Nationalist Consciousness: The Way Forward in the 21^st Century  Segun Ogungbemi  13. Pan-Africanism in World Politics: The Geopolitics of the Pan-African Movement, 1900-2000  G.N. Uzoigwe

O autorze

Toyin Falola is the Frances Higginbotham Nalle Centennial Professor in History at the University of Texas at Austin.

Kwame Essien is an Assistant Professor of History at the Department of History and Africana Studies at Lehigh University, Bethlehem-PA.