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Global African Thought and Movements: Reflections on Pan-Africanism and Diasporic Discourses

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  • Felix Kumah-Abiwu

    (Department of Africana Studies, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, USA)

Abstract
The emergence of African diasporic communities in the Americas, especially in the United States, is one of the legacies of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, which brought millions of enslaved Africans from their ancestral homeland in Africa to the so-called New World. For many scholars, the African diaspora is not only one of the largest diaspora communities in human history, but there have also been shared efforts, on the part of Africans in Africa and those in the diaspora, to reconnect through Pan-African ideas and movements for several decades. To better understand the ongoing desire to strengthen the connection between Africa and its diasporic communities in the Americas, especially on the changing trends of the discourse on global African political thought and movements, this article draws on African-centered conceptual ideas with emphasis on African ethos and cultural commonalities for the discussion. The article underscores the central argument that the nature and trends of global African thought and movements appear to be consistent with the common or shared African cultural commonalities idea in Africa and the African diaspora.

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  • Felix Kumah-Abiwu, 2024. "Global African Thought and Movements: Reflections on Pan-Africanism and Diasporic Discourses," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 13(10), pages 1-13, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jscscx:v:13:y:2024:i:10:p:554-:d:1500636
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