Pan-African Pantheon - Prophets, Poets, and Philosophers

This book presents a series of sketches of lives, thought and impact of thirty-seven individuals in relation to Pan-Africanism. Offering overviews of movements, groups, and detailed biographies, the chapters provide insights into the individuals who have animated the 'Pan-African Pantheon'.

About the author

Adekeye Adebajo is Director of the Institute for Pan-African Thought and Conversation at the University of Johannesburg. He was Executive Director of the Centre for Conflict Resolution (CCR) in Cape Town between 2003 and 2016. Adebajo served on United Nations missions in South Africa, Western Sahara, and Iraq, and was Director of the Africa Programme at the International Peace Institute (IPI) in New York.

Summary

This book presents a series of sketches of lives, thought and impact of thirty-seven individuals in relation to Pan-Africanism. Offering overviews of movements, groups, and detailed biographies, the chapters provide insights into the individuals who have animated the 'Pan-African Pantheon'. -- .

Product details

• Authors: Adekeye Adebajo
• Assisted by: Adekeye Adebajo (Editor), Adebajo Adekeye (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2021
• EAN: 9781526156815
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-5681-5
• No. of pages: 680
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Biography: historical, political & military, HISTORY / Africa / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, African History, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, Non-Western philosophy, Biography: historical, political and military, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural & Regional