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'.

Introduction: The Roots and Routes of Pan-Africanism1 Adekeye Adebajo, Pan-Africanism: From the Twin Plagues of European Locusts to Africa’s Triple Quest for Emancipation2 Hilary Beckles, The Great Durban Betrayal: Global Africa, Reparations, and the End of Pan-AfricanismThe Pioneers3 Gilbert M. Khadiagala, Edward Wilmot Blyden: Pan-African Pioneer4 Aldon D. Morris, W.E.B. Du Bois: “The Father of Pan-Africanism”?5 Colin Grant, Marcus Garvey: “Africa for the Africans”6 Seamus Duggan, George Padmore: The Pan-African Scholar-Activist7 Rhoda Reddock, Amy Ashwood Garvey: Global Pan-African Feminist8 Bongani Ngqulunga, Pixley Seme: The Regeneration of AfricaThe Politicians9 Ama Biney, Kwame Nkrumah: “A Great African, But Not a Great Ghanaian”?10 Adekeye Adebajo, Thabo Mbeki: The Pan-African Philosopher-King11 W. Andy Knight, Dudley Thompson: Pan-African Politician and Diplomat12 Adekeye Adebajo, Boutros Boutros-Ghali: The Pan-African PeacemakerThe Activists13 Lee A. Daniels, Malcolm X: Pan-African Crusader for Social Justice14 Alease Brown, Maya Angelou: Pan-Africanism within a Politics of Respectability15 Annita Montoute, Walter Rodney: Pan-African Martyr16 Maureen Isaacson, Ruth First: Pan-African Revolutionary17 Janice Golding, Wangari Maathai: The Environmental Peacebuilder18 Pearl T. Robinson, Randall Robinson: A Pan-African Foreign Policy VirtuosoThe Social Scientists19 Selwyn R. Cudjoe, C.L.R. James: With Africa on His Mind20 Alison E. Stone Roofe, Arthur Lewis: Nobel Actor on a Pan-African Stage21 Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, Ali Mazrui: African Identity and the African Condition22 Zine Magubane, Stuart Hall: The Making of a “Post-Colonial” Sociologist23 Jerome Afeikhena, Adebayo Adedeji: Prophet of Pan-African IntegrationThe Philosophers24 L. Adele Jinadu, Frantz Fanon: Pan-African Philosopher of Democracy and Development25 Reiland Rabaka, Amilcar Cabral: Critical Theorist of Revolutionary Decolonisation26 N. Barney Pityana,Steve Biko: Philosopher of Black Consciousness27 M. John Lamola, Paulin J. Hountondji: Africa’s Quest for Authentic Knowledge28 Kwabena Opoku-Agyemangand Cheikh Thiam, V.Y. Mudimbe: The Philosopher-Poet29 Kweku Ampiah, Kwame Anthony Appiah: The Cosmopolitan Pan-AfricanistThe Literati30 Abiola Irele, Léopold Senghor: Poet-President of Négritude31 Sanya Osha, Wole Soyinka: Ogun’s Bard32 Vladimir Lucien,Derek Walcott: Black Power and “The Myth of My Own Self”33 Louisa Uchum Egbunike, Buchi Emecheta: The Burden of Exile34 Ada Uzoamaka Azodo, Mariama Bâ: Pioneering Feminist35 Ndirangu Wachanga, Micere Mugo: Making Life Sing in Pursuit of UtuThe Musical Activists36 Nomsa Mwamuka, Miriam Makeba: Mama Africa37 Clinton Hutton, Bob Marley: Revolutionary Prophet of African Unity38 Sola Olorunyomi, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti: A Felasophy of Kalakuta Republic and African Citizenship

With forty accessible essays on the key intellectual contributions to Pan-Africanism, this volume offers readers a fascinating insight into the intellectual thinking and contributions to Pan-Africanism. The book explores the history of Pan-Africanism and quest for reparations, early pioneers of Pan-Africanism as well as key activists and politicians, and Pan-African philosophy and literati.Diverse and key figures of Pan-Africanism from Africa, the Caribbean, and America are covered by these chapters, including: Edward Blyden, W.E.B. Du Bois, Marcus Garvey, Amy Ashwood Garvey, George Padmore, Kwame Nkrumah, Franz Fanon, Amilcar Cabral, Arthur Lewis, Maya Angelou, C.L.R. James, Ruth First, Ali Mazrui, Wangari Maathai, Thabo Mbeki, Wole Soyinka, Derek Walcott, and Chimamanda Adichie.While acknowledging the contributions of these figures to Pan-Africanism, these essays are not just celebratory, offering valuable criticism in areas where their subjects may have fallen short of their ideals.

'A major contribution to our understanding of the life and work of key figures in the history of Pan-Africanism, presented by scholars from Africa, the Caribbean, the US and Europe.'Hakim Adi, Professor of the History of Africa and the African Diaspora, University of Chichester'This volume constitutes a remarkable piece of scholarship, given its conceptualisation, scope of thematic coverage, and fascinating range of eminent African and Diaspora personalities, encompassing the scope and promise for building a new "people-driven Pan-Africanism". This is a volume deserving to be read and re-read, reflected on, widely disseminated and debated - it is indeed a tour de force.'Patrick Gomes, former Secretary-General of the Organisation of African, Caribbean, and Pacific States'This book makes a unique contribution to the literature on Pan-Africanism. It not only analyses Pan-Africanism as a school of thought, but connects this intellectual thinking to the lived experiences of those who practiced and promoted this worldview. Such a rich interrogation of Pan-Africanism as a school of thought is both timely, and will stand the test of time on bookshelves for years to come.'Krista Johnson, Associate Professor of African Studies, Howard University'This book is a must-read for students and practitioners interested in the political, socio-economic, and cultural autonomy and self-reliant development of exiled Africans and Africans on the continent.'Kwame Akonor, Associate Professor of Political Science, Seton Hall University'We must celebrate Adebajo’s objective, through this book, to contribute “substantively to efforts to transform curricula”, an ongoing exercise in South Africa known as the “decolonisation of education”.Journal of Renaissance Studies