Pan-Africanism, and the Politics of African Citizenship and Identity

Toyin Falola is the Frances Higginbotham Nalle Centennial Professor in History at the University of Texas at Austin. Kwame Essien is an Assistant Professor of History at the Department of History and Africana Studies at Lehigh University, Bethlehem-PA.

• Introduction Toyin Falola and Kwame Essien Part One: Historicizing Pan-Africanism and the Contradictions 1. Pan African Theory’s Impact on the Development of Afrocentric Education in Jamaica Jamaine Abidogun 2. "Africa, the Land of Our Fathers": The Emigration of Charlestonians to Liberia in the Nineteenth Century Lawrence Aje 3. Liberia After Creation: Whither the Pan-Africanist Dream Inyang Etim Bassey 4. Pan-Africanism and Slave Rebellions: The Interconnections Aminah Wallace Part Two: Pan-African Citizenship, Identity and Entitlements: The Place of Pan-Africanism in Reverse Diaspora Migrations 5. The Global Implications of Pan Africanism and the Establishment of "New Communities" in Africa: The Case of Victoria in Southwest Cameroon Richard Agbor A. Enoh 6. "Performance" in Trans-Atlantic Communities in Africa: The Case of Brazilian-Africans and American-Africans in Ghana Kwame Essien 7. Mobilizing the African Diaspora for Development: The Politics of Dual Citizenship in Ghana George M. Bob-Milliar and Gloria K. Bob-Milliar 8. Citizens and Strangers in the Virgin Forest Together?: Migrations and Cross-Cultural Encounters in the Oral Histories of Sefwi Debiso Community of Western Ghana Augustine Tawiah Part Three: Re-Evaluating Pan-Africanism, the Challenges in the Past and the Way Forward 9. Nationality and the Pan-African State Vincent Dodoo and Wilhelmina Donkoh 10. Critical Departures in the Practice of Pan-Africanism in the New Millennium Harry Odamtten 11. Pan-Africanism and the Place of Africa in Contemporary World Power Politics Sharon A. Omotoso and Emmanuel A. Layode 12. The Spirit of Pan-Africanism and Nationalist Consciousness: The Way Forward in the 21st Century Segun Ogungbemi 13. Pan-Africanism in World Politics: The Geopolitics of the Pan-African Movement, 1900-2000 G.N. Uzoigwe

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