Pan-Africanism

[pan-af-ri-kuh-niz-uhm]

noun

1. the idea or advocacy of a political alliance or union of all the African nations.

Other Word Forms

• Pan-Africanist noun

Example Sentences

It largely revolves around the rise of Thomas Sankara, a military officer in Burkina Faso who seized power in the 1980s and tried to introduce a radical pan-Africanism across the continent before he was assassinated a few years later.

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"We are in a different phase now of pan-Africanism – one that's not going to wane like before."

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The most popular YouTube videos about the alleged turmoil in Ivory Coast, viewed millions of times, were shared by channels that often style themselves as dedicated to pan-Africanism or discussions about Burkina Faso's junta leader.

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According to Effiong Udo, an associate professor at Nigeria's University of Uyo and president of the Pan-African Dialogue Institute, some "opportunistic influencers" are romanticising military governments under the guise of pan-Africanism – a movement to promote unity and liberation on the continent – to gain popularity and make money from their content.

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"But the people trying to provide misinformation and disinformation about Traoré in Burkina Faso, or about a coup in Ivory Coast are not agents of pan-Africanism," the research professor of development studies at the University of Nairobi's Institute for Development Studies told the BBC.

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