African nationalism
African nationalism is a political movement for Pan-Africanism and for national self-determination.[1] Political interest began in the 1870s[2] and political organizations started to form in the 1890s.[1] In the years after World War II, African nationalism gained strength,[3] resulting in independence for Libya in 1951 and Ghana in 1957. All but six African countries were independent nation-states by 1966.[3]
Edward Wilmot Blyden has been described as the founder of African nationalism.[4] Julius Nyerere defined African nationalism as a new kind of nationalism and that it is "meaningless, dangerous,
is anachronistic if it is not at the same time pan-Africanism."[5]
See also
References
Further reading
- Shepherd, George W., junior (1962). The Politics of African Nationalism: Challenge to American Policy. New York: F.A. Praeger.
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- Note: Forms of nationalism based primarily on ethnic groups are listed above. This does not imply that all nationalists with a given ethnicity subscribe to that form of ethnic nationalism.
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