Pan-Africanism in Perspective

Zeit: Di 10-12
Ort: CIP-Pool Raum 1.01
Module: PS TAS in LW (2.2), Übung Transcultural Area Studies

"The current view of Pan-Africanism is summed up in Anthony Appiah's view that Pan-Africanist projects forget that 'Africa' is an invention of Europe and that local African cultures differ as much from each other as they do from the cultures of any other continent. Its association with négritude means that it stands condemned for essentialism. The greatness and the grandeur of the Pan-African project has been lost" (Robert Young).

In 1958, newly-independent Ghana hosted the First All-African People's Conference, a major event in the history of Pan-Africanism. In the context of the fiftieth anniversary of this event, we will explore Pan-Africanism from a variety of perspectives, with a particular focus on Ghanaian authors.

Please purchase the following titles (available at the campus bookstore):

Armah, The Beautiful Ones are not yet Born

Fanon, Wretched of the Earth

Aidoo, Changes

Additional readings are available via ESEM.