The Pan-African Pantheon

Adekeye Adebajo is Director of the Institute for Pan-African Thought and Conversation at the University of Johannesburg. He was Executive Director of the Centre for Conflict Resolution (CCR) in Cape Town between 2003 and 2016. Adebajo served on United Nations missions in South Africa, Western Sahara, and Iraq, and was Director of the Africa Programme at the International Peace Institute (IPI) in New York. -- .

Introduction: The Roots and Routes of Pan-Africanism
1 Adekeye Adebajo, Pan-Africanism: From the Twin Plagues of European Locusts to Africa’s Triple Quest for Emancipation
2 Hilary Beckles, The Great Durban Betrayal: Global Africa, Reparations, and the End of Pan-Africanism

The Pioneers
3 Gilbert M. Khadiagala, Edward Wilmot Blyden: Pan-African Pioneer
4 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-Activist
7 Rhoda Reddock, Amy Ashwood Garvey: Global Pan-African Feminist
8 Bongani Ngqulunga, Pixley Seme: The Regeneration of Africa


The Politicians
9 Ama Biney, Kwame Nkrumah: “A Great African, But Not a Great Ghanaian”?
10 Adekeye Adebajo, Thabo Mbeki: The Pan-African Philosopher-King
11 W. Andy Knight, Dudley Thompson: Pan-African Politician and Diplomat
12 Adekeye Adebajo, Boutros Boutros-Ghali: The Pan-African Peacemaker

The Activists
13 Lee A. Daniels, Malcolm X: Pan-African Crusader for Social Justice
14 Alease Brown, Maya Angelou: Pan-Africanism within a Politics of Respectability
15 Annita Montoute, Walter Rodney: Pan-African Martyr
16 Maureen Isaacson, Ruth First: Pan-African Revolutionary
17 Janice Golding, Wangari Maathai: The Environmental Peacebuilder
18 Pearl T. Robinson, Randall Robinson: A Pan-African Foreign Policy Virtuoso

The Social Scientists
19 Selwyn R. Cudjoe, C.L.R. James: With Africa on His Mind
20 Alison E. Stone Roofe, Arthur Lewis: Nobel Actor on a Pan-African Stage
21 Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, Ali Mazrui: African Identity and the African Condition
22 Zine Magubane, Stuart Hall: The Making of a “Post-Colonial” Sociologist
23 Jerome Afeikhena, Adebayo Adedeji: Prophet of Pan-African Integration

The Philosophers
24 L. Adele Jinadu, Frantz Fanon: Pan-African Philosopher of Democracy and Development
25 Reiland Rabaka, Amilcar Cabral: Critical Theorist of Revolutionary Decolonisation
26 N. Barney Pityana,Steve Biko: Philosopher of Black Consciousness
27 M. John Lamola, Paulin J. Hountondji: Africa’s Quest for Authentic Knowledge
28 Kwabena Opoku-Agyemangand Cheikh Thiam, V.Y. Mudimbe: The Philosopher-Poet
29 Kweku Ampiah, Kwame Anthony Appiah: The Cosmopolitan Pan-Africanist

The Literati
30 Abiola Irele, Léopold Senghor: Poet-President of Négritude
31 Sanya Osha, Wole Soyinka: Ogun’s Bard
32 Vladimir Lucien,Derek Walcott: Black Power and “The Myth of My Own Self”
33 Louisa Uchum Egbunike, Buchi Emecheta: The Burden of Exile
34 Ada Uzoamaka Azodo, Mariama Bâ: Pioneering Feminist
35 Ndirangu Wachanga, Micere Mugo: Making Life Sing in Pursuit of Utu

The Musical Activists
36 Nomsa Mwamuka, Miriam Makeba: Mama Africa
37 Clinton Hutton, Bob Marley: Revolutionary Prophet of African Unity
38 Sola Olorunyomi, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti: A Felasophy of Kalakuta Republic and African Citizenship -- .