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	The '''Pan-African Congresses''' are a series of congresses founded in [[Pan-Africanism]] which have been held periodically in multiple countries since the early 1900s. The congresses have their roots in the [[First Pan-African Conference]] which was convened in 1900 in [[London]] by [[Henry Sylvester Williams]]. [[W. E. B. Du Bois\|W.E.B. Du Bois]] would play a role in organizing some of the later congresses.<ref name=":0">{{Web citation\|author=Nicholas Mwangi\|newspaper=Peoples Dispatch\|title=80 years since 1945 Manchester Congress and the need for revolutionary Pan-Africanism\|date=2025-10-25\|url=https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/10/25/80-years-since-1945-manchester-congress-and-the-need-for-revolutionary-pan-africanism/}}</ref>		The '''Pan-African Congresses''' are a series of congresses founded in [[Pan-Africanism]] which have been held periodically in multiple countries since the early 1900s. The congresses have their roots in the [[First Pan-African Conference]] which was convened in 1900 in [[London]] by [[Henry Sylvester Williams]]. [[W. E. B. Du Bois\|W.E.B. Du Bois]] would play a role in organizing some of the later congresses.<ref name=":0">{{Web citation\|author=Nicholas Mwangi\|newspaper=Peoples Dispatch\|title=80 years since 1945 Manchester Congress and the need for revolutionary Pan-Africanism\|date=2025-10-25\|url=https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/10/25/80-years-since-1945-manchester-congress-and-the-need-for-revolutionary-pan-africanism/}}</ref>

	The [[Fifth Pan-African Congress]], held in 1945, is noted as a particularly impactful congress. Held after [[World War II]], in which the [[Colonialism\|colonial]] powers had mobilized [[Africa\|African]] labor and resources to fight, yet Africa remained colonized while [[Europe\|Europeans]] preached about liberation in Europe, was a moment in which the contradictions of the colonialist, [[Imperialism\|imperialist]] order were sharply exposed. As described in an article in [[Peoples Dispatch]]: "The Fifth Pan-African Congress in [[Manchester]] was different. [...] For the first time, [[Proletariat\|workers]], [[Trade union\|trade unionists]], and [[freedom fighters]] from colonized Africa sat at the same table with radical intellectuals from the [[Caribbean]] and the diaspora. The tone was militant, the agenda [[Revolution\|revolutionary]]."<ref name=":0" /> Attendees of the Fifth Pan-African Congress included figures such as [[Kwame Nkrumah]], [[George Padmore]], [[C.L.R. James]], [[Jomo Kenyatta]], [[Amy Ashwood Garvey]], and [[I.T.A. Wallace-Johnson]], among others.<ref name=":0" />		The [[Fifth Pan-African Congress]], held in 1945, is noted as a particularly impactful congress. Held after [[World War II]], in which the [[Colonialism\|colonial]] powers had mobilized [[Africa\|African]] labor and resources to fight, yet Africa remained colonized while [[Europe\|Europeans]] preached about liberation in Europe, was a moment in which the contradictions of the colonialist, [[Imperialism\|imperialist]] order were sharply exposed. As described in an article in [[Peoples Dispatch]]: "The Fifth Pan-African Congress in [[Manchester]] was different. [...] For the first time, [[Proletariat\|workers]], [[Trade union\|trade unionists]], and [[freedom fighters]] from colonized Africa sat at the same table with radical intellectuals from the [[Caribbean]] and the diaspora. The tone was militant, the agenda [[Revolution\|revolutionary]]."<ref name=":0" /> Attendees of the Fifth Pan-African Congress included figures such as [[Kwame Nkrumah]], [[George Padmore]], [[C.L.R. James]], [[Jomo Kenyatta]], [[Amy Ashwood Garvey]], and [[I.T.A. Wallace-Johnson]], among others.<ref name=":0" />

			== See also ==

			* [[Pan-Africanism]]
			* [[Decolonization]]

	== References ==		== References ==
	<references />		<references />
	[[Category:Pan-Africanism]]		[[Category:Pan-Africanism]]

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The '''Pan-African Congresses''' are a series of congresses founded in [[Pan-Africanism]] which have been held periodically in multiple countries since the early 1900s. The congresses have their roots in the [[First Pan-African Conference]] which was convened in 1900 in [[London]] by [[Henry Sylvester Williams]]. [[W. E. B. Du Bois|W.E.B. Du Bois]] would play a role in organizing some of the later congresses.<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|author=Nicholas Mwangi|newspaper=Peoples Dispatch|title=80 years since 1945 Manchester Congress and the need for revolutionary Pan-Africanism|date=2025-10-25|url=https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/10/25/80-years-since-1945-manchester-congress-and-the-need-for-revolutionary-pan-africanism/}}</ref>

The [[Fifth Pan-African Congress]], held in 1945, is noted as a particularly impactful congress. Held after [[World War II]], in which the [[Colonialism|colonial]] powers had mobilized [[Africa|African]] labor and resources to fight, yet Africa remained colonized while [[Europe|Europeans]] preached about liberation in Europe, was a moment in which the contradictions of the colonialist, [[Imperialism|imperialist]] order were sharply exposed. As described in an article in [[Peoples Dispatch]]: "The Fifth Pan-African Congress in [[Manchester]] was different. [...] For the first time, [[Proletariat|workers]], [[Trade union|trade unionists]], and [[freedom fighters]] from colonized Africa sat at the same table with radical intellectuals from the [[Caribbean]] and the diaspora. The tone was militant, the agenda [[Revolution|revolutionary]]."<ref name=":0" /> Attendees of the Fifth Pan-African Congress included figures such as [[Kwame Nkrumah]], [[George Padmore]], [[C.L.R. James]], [[Jomo Kenyatta]], [[Amy Ashwood Garvey]], and [[I.T.A. Wallace-Johnson]], among others.<ref name=":0" />

== References ==
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[[Category:Pan-Africanism]]

Pan-African Congresses - Revision history

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