Journal of Pan African Studies

Abdul Rahman Mohamed Babu (1924-1996) was a politician, scholar and writer, but above all he was a revolutionary who for nearly forty years was at the frontline of struggles against oppression, always seeking to create a progressive politics of the...

"Out of Many, One People"--Jamaican National Motto "One Nation Under God"--American Pledge of Allegiance Introduction This essay examines the constructions of nationalism and history in Jamaica. It juxtaposes Dancehall's re-reading and subversion...

Presented at the Ghana Golden Jubilee Symposium, Kwantlin University College, Vancouver, BC. Introduction: Grass roots leadership and democracy in Gold Coast's independence struggles provide an important key to understanding the success and failures...

One major thematic strand runs through the poetry of Edward Brathwaite--this is a quest for identity, an attempt to come to terms with a past that was overwhelming in itself "and still remains overwhelming in its undesirable intrusion into the present"...

It is my privilege and honour to give the keynote address at this symposium on the relations that have existed between Ghana and Canada over the past 50 years. As Ghana's official representative to Canada in charge of the interests of Ghana in Canada,...

The African Diaspora Foundation and The Western Hemisphere African Diaspora Network (in association with United States International (Indochina) Mission, Youth for Human Rights International, the African Marketplace & Cultural Faire, the African...

Almost a century ago, in the small village of Nkroful in the Western region of Ghana, a child was born. The event passed, as in the case of many children, as an ordinary event. And, as in many African families, the parents of this child did not even...

Introduction Reparations is one of the most misunderstood topics in recent years, and it is gradually becoming an area where even some angels fear to trend. There are now protagonists and antagonists of reparations all over the world, and it has...

Introduction: Yoruba (1) Egungun Tradition The Egungun festival (2) is always full of sights and sounds that give immense entertainment to all spectators, both indigenes and visitors in every community where it is held. This is however not what...

Excellencies, Dear Friends: This has been a chequered decade for development, but an extraordinary one for the UN's role in development. When I took office in 1997, official development assistance had been declining for more than a decade. Funding...