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I used to be a staunch Pan Africanist, reading the likes of John Henrik Clarke, Cheikh Anta Diop, Ivan Van Sertima, etc. but the more I dived into Pan Africanism the more I viewed it as a one sided relationship. We just had an elder, Mutulu Shakur, transition who sacrificed his life trying to help liberate Zimbabwe. What has Zimbabwe given to us in return? Nothing. Same with all these other African nations.The ones that want us to “return” only want us for our money and still deny us from the full citizen experience. It’s not a genuine relationship on their part while it was for us, we’ve shown more heart for them than they have shown for themselves. Now on to the present day, they’re trading their old colonial white masters for new Chinese masters, and that’s a shameful colonized mentality that we can’t get wrapped into.Overall, I dont see Pan Africanism working until Africa extends a genuine offer to the descendants of those it sold.
I used to be a staunch Pan Africanist, reading the likes of John Henrik Clarke, Cheikh Anta Diop, Ivan Van Sertima, etc. but the more I dived into Pan Africanism the more I viewed it as a one sided relationship. We just had an elder, Mutulu Shakur, transition who sacrificed his life trying to help liberate Zimbabwe. What has Zimbabwe given to us in return? Nothing. Same with all these other African nations.
The ones that want us to “return” only want us for our money and still deny us from the full citizen experience. It’s not a genuine relationship on their part while it was for us, we’ve shown more heart for them than they have shown for themselves. Now on to the present day, they’re trading their old colonial white masters for new Chinese masters, and that’s a shameful colonized mentality that we can’t get wrapped into.
Overall, I dont see Pan Africanism working until Africa extends a genuine offer to the descendants of those it sold.
