Beyond Pan-Africanism: Garveyism, Malcolm X and the end of the colonial nation state
Andrews, Kehinde (2017) Beyond Pan-Africanism: Garveyism, Malcolm X and the end of the colonial nation state. Third World Quarterly, 38 (11). pp. 2501-2516. ISSN 0143-6597
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Abstract
Pan-Africanism is an identifiable movement with its own history and historical and ideological roots. It formally began at the first Pan-African Congress in London in 1900 and has a distinct linage up to the present day African Union. Unfortunately, the movement has not presented a challenge to imperial domination in Africa, rather it has helped continue the exploitation of the continent. Accepting the colonial nation state has prevented any politics of liberation from developing in the movement. It is central to decentre Pan-Africanism from radical histories of resistance because the movement developed in parallel to and rejection of more revolutionary, anti-imperial politics. Garveyism developed a mass movement rooted on the global Black nation, shattering the boundaries of Westphalian sovereignty. Malcolm X picked up the work of Garvey, developing on some of its regressive weakness to form the Organization of Afro-American Unity. By unpicking this tradition from Pan-Africanism we can begin to chart a route to revolutionary concepts and practice of nationalism that can present a challenge to the imperial social order.
| Item Type: | Article | ||||||
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| Identification Number: | doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2017.1374170 | ||||||
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| Subjects: | CAH15 - social sciences > CAH15-01 - sociology, social policy and anthropology > CAH15-01-02 - sociology | ||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Business, Law and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences > Dept. Criminology and Sociology | ||||||
| Depositing User: | Kehinde Andrews | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 28 Mar 2018 16:18 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 12 Jan 2022 13:40 | ||||||
| URI: | https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/5775 |
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