Pan-Africanism Fall 2013 Justin Dunnavant M.A./Ph.D. Student, Archaeology Department of Anthropology jdunnavant@ufl.

edu Office: Office Hours: Seminar 1/week or Tuesday/Thursday Course Description With the 50th anniversary of the Organization of African Unity, the African Union has declared 2013 the year of Pan-Africanism and African Renaissance.1 Over the decades, African peoples around the world have struggled for political, economic, and cultural independence under the banner of Pan-Africanism. P. Olisanwuche Esedebe defines Pan-Africanism as a political and cultural phenomenon that regards Africa, Africans, and African descendants abroad as a unit. It seeks to regenerate and unify Africa and promote a feeling of oneness among the people of the African world.2 Adding to Esedebes definition this course will expound upon Pan-Africanism as a political and cultural movement as well as an ideology, tracing its development from the late 19th century thought of Henry Sylvester Williams and W.E.B. Dubois into the 21st century. The course is outlined chronologically and divided into several themes as delineated in the Course Outline. Geographically this course will focus heavily on Pan-Africanism in the United States and the U.K. as well as Africa and the Caribbean. The course will also touch briefly on Pan-Africanism in Latin America and Asia although more research remains to be done in these areas. In addition to the concept of PanAfricanism we will explore related themes such as Black Nationalism, Ethiopianism, and Negritude while situating key figures of the African diaspora within the intellectual genealogy of Pan-African thought. Lectures will be supplemented with documentary film and other multimedia sources. Course Objectives By the end of the course, students should be able to: Provide a working definition of Pan-Africanism. Africa: AU Exhorts Africans to Celebrate 50th Continental Anniversary AllAfrica.com, Accessed 20 January 2013. < http://allafrica.com/stories/201301 210823.html> 2 P. Olisanwuche Esedebe, Pan-Africanism : the idea and movement, 1776-1991. Washington, D.C: Howard University. 1994: 5.
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Discuss the historical origins and develop of Pan-Africanism. Identify major Pan-African figures and key historical events. Discuss the similarities and differences among Pan-Africanism, Black Nationalism, Ethiopianism, and Negritude. Discuss commonalities and linkages between liberation movements in Africa and the wider African Diaspora. Differentiate between Pan-Africanism as an ideology, political movement, and cultural movement. Discuss how Pan-African ideology and action have changed overtime.

Course Expectations Student will be expected to come prepared for each class, having completed the readings for the week and formulated thought-provoking questions. On average the readings will vary between 50-75 pages/week. Pan-African Biography: During the course of the semester each student is expected to give a short (2-5 minute) presentation on a Pan-African figure of his or her choice. Students will be assigned a week at the beginning of the semester and will select a prominent figure from that weeks readings. Mid-term Take Home Exam (week 7): The mid-term will be a take-home exam in essay format. Students will be given four questions of which they choose two to answer. Each answer should be ~ 3 pages in length. Students will have one week to complete the exam and are encouraged to use class notes as well as outside sources. Final Paper: Students are expected to write a final (10 page paper) that engages some aspect of Pan-Africanism. Research questions may relate to current undergraduate research or derive from class discussion. To ensure everyone stays on track students will be expected to submit an abstract and bibliography with 10 sources (week 6), a draft (week 10), and a final paper (last day of classes). For the final paper students will be encouraged to utilize primary source materials from the George Smathers Library, particularly the collection from Colin Legums personal library.3 Presentation: At the end of the semester, each student will deliver a 15-minute presentation Colin Legum, Documents, papers & memoranda on the growth of the Pan-African movement since 1952. Todmarden, England: Altair Publishing. Smathers Library West. Microfiche. 1993.
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based on his or her final paper. Grading Attendance/Class Participation: Pan-African Biography: Mid-term: Final Paper: Presentation:

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Required Text: Esedebe, P. Olisanwuche 1994 Pan-Africanism: The Idea and the Movement, 1776-1991. Washington, DC: Howard University Press. Additional Readings: Abdul Raheem, Tajudeen 1996 Pan-Africanism : politics, economy, and social change in the twentyfirst century. New York: New York University Press. Geiss, Imanuel 1974 The pan-African movement; a history of pan-Africanism in America, Europe, and Africa. New York: Africana Pub. Co. Legum, Colin 1965 Pan-Africanism; a short political guide. New York: F.A. Praeger. Nascimento, Elisa Larkin 1980 Pan-Africanism and South America : emergence of a Black rebellion. Buffalo, N.Y: Afrodiaspora. Padmore, George 1971 Pan-Africanism or communism. Garden City, N.Y: Doubleday. Walters, Ronald W. 1993 Pan Africanism in the African diaspora : an analysis of modern Afrocentric political movements. Detroit: Wayne State.

Course Outline Week 1: What is Pan Africanism? (map of Africa quiz) Ch.1: Origins of Pan-African Ideas pp. 3-38 in Pan Africanism by Esedebe Excerpt Ch.1 A Theory and Method of Relationship pp.38-53 in Pan Africanism in the African Diaspora by Ronald Walters Robinson, Cedric J. 1996 In search of a Pan-African commonwealth. Social Identities 2(1):161168. Imagining Home: Pan-Africanism Revisited pp. 1-16 by Lemelle and Robin D.G. Kelley in Imagining Home Week 2: The Origins of Pan-Africanism Ch. 1 Back to Africa Movements pp. 1-21 Padmore; Pan-Africanism or Communism The African in Africa and the African in America pp. 49-59 by John Henry Smyth in Apropos of Africa edited by Hill and Kilson Ch. 6 Background to Pan-Africanismpp.83-94 in Padmore; Pan-Africanism or Communism Ch. 7 Origins of Pan Africanism pp. 95-144 in Padmore; Pan-Africanism or Communism Ch. 10 Pan-Africanism at the Turn of the Century pp. 197-219 in The Golden Age of Black Nationalism Week 3: Negritude Negritude: A Humanism of the Twentieth Century by Leopold Sedar Senghor pp. 27-35 in Colonial Discourse Hide My Face?: On Pan-Africanism and Negritude by St. Claire Drake in Soon One Morning J.S. Senghor and Negritude by Wole Soyinka pp. 93- 144 in The Burden of Memory Week 4: Black Nationalism: Garvey and World War I

Ch. 4 Afro-Centric and Pan-Black Strategies: Pan-Africanism and Garveyism pp. 100-138 in Politics of Black Nationalism by Knife Abraham Ch. 11 World War I: The Decline of the West pp. 220-250 in The Golden Age of Black Nationalism Week 5: Pan Africanism between Two Wars: The Pan African Congresses Ch. 2 From Idea to Movement pp. 39-94 in Pan Africanism by Esedebe Ch. 3 The Impact of the Abyssinian Crisis and World War II pp. 95-136 in PanAfricanism by Esedebe W.E.B. DuBois and Pan Africanism pp. 40-46 in Modern Black Nationalism Week 6: Black Power Abstract and Bibliography Due! VIDEO: Stokely Carmichael Black Power Ch. 14 Black Power pp. 215-228 in In Struggle: SNCC and the Black Awakening by Clayborne Carson Ch. 15 Internal Conflicts pp. 229-243 in In Struggle: SNCC and the Black Awakening by Clayborne Carson Ch. 3 Power and Racism pp. 17-30 in Stokley Speaks Black Power, a Basic Understanding pp. 16-23 in Groundings with my Brothers Black Power, its Relevance to the West Indies pp.24-34 in Groundings with my Brothers The Ten-Point Platform and Program of the Black Panther Party pp. 78-80 in The Black Panthers Speak VIDEO: Adam Clayton Powell on Black Power On Cultural Nationalism by Linda Harrison pp. 151-154 in Black Panthers Speak Week 7: Pan Africanism and African Liberation Mid-term distributed! Ch. 4 The Manchester Congress and its Aftermath pp. 137-164 in Pan Africanism by Esedebe

Towards African Unity pp.132-140 in Africa Must Unite Some Attempts at Unification pp.141-149 in Africa Must Unite Ch. 9 What is Black Consciousness? pp. 48-53 in I Write What I Like by Steve Biko Week 8: Pan-African Organization in Africa Mid-term Due! Ch. 5 From Accra to Addis Ababa pp. 165-191 in Pan Africanism by Esedebe Ch. 6 OAU and the Regional Groupings pp. 192-225 in Pan Africanism by Esedebe Week 9: African Revolution in America: Diasporic Dialogues The Role of the American Negro in American-African Relations by Charles Diggs, Jr. pp. 382-385 in Apropos of Africa edited by Hill and Kilson Ch. 9 Connecting the Struggles: an informal talk with Black Americans pp. 7192 in Return to the Source by Amilcar Cabral Our White House is in Black Harlem pp. 147-153 in Thomas Sankara Speaks Week 10: From Black Power to Pan-Africanism: American Africans return Home Paper Drafts Due! Malcolm X and the Organization of Afro-American Unity pp. 106-118 in Modern Black Nationalism Ch. 14-15 Pan-Africanism (pp.183-220) and From Black Power Back to PanAfricanism (pp.221-227) in Stokely Speaks VIDEO: A Panther in Africa PBS. 2004. In Class Week 11: Pan Africanism in Latin America and Asia Ch. 7: Rodneys Pan-Africanism pp. 167-181 in Walter Rodneys Intellectual and Political Thought by Rupert C. Lewis Ch. 10 Pan-Africanism in Brazil: Comparative Aspects of Color, Race and Power pp. 272-295 in Pan-Africanism in the African Diaspora by Ronald Walters

Prashad, Vijay 2000. Afro-Dalits of the Earth, Unite! African Studies Review 43 (1):189201. Jefferson, Antoinette. 2008. The rhetoric of revolution: The Black Consciousness Movement and the Dalit Panther Movement. Journal of Pan African Studies, 2(5), 46-59. Week 12: Pan Africanism in the 21st Century Pan Africanism in Transition: Looking Toward the Twenty-first Century in Who Betrayed the African World Revolution: And Other Speeches by John Henrik Clarke Pan-Africanism in the Twenty-First Century by Horace Campbell pp. 212-228 in Pan Africanism: Politics, Economy, and Social Change in the Twenty-first Century. By Abdul-Raheem Ch. 7 Trends Problems and Prospects pp. 226-247 in Pan Africanism by Esedebe Week 13: Presentations