Title: Sobukwe's pan-Africanist dream: an elusive idea that refuses to die
Headings: Sobukwe’s
pan-Africanist
dream: an elusive idea that refuses to die

Sobukwe’s pan-Africanist dream: an elusive idea that refuses to die
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The fathers of pan-Africanism
Africa for the African race and black men to rule them
So what is it?
guides and seeks to connect the actions of millions of persons towards specific and definite goals.
Is Africa really for Africans?
mutual and reciprocal surrender of sovereignty among states on the basis of common interest and free popular consent.
Securing African future a pan-African way
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Content: WEB DuBois, Marcus Garvey, Joseph Casely-Hayford, and George Padmore, among others, enhanced the profundity of the concept. It later evolved into an ideology, a philosophy, and a movement. It enthused the first generation of post-colonial African leadership, chief among them Kwame Nkrumah. So what is it? Pan-Africanism is a socio-political worldview. As an ideology, it represents integrative intent directed at fundamental change in society. In Nkrumah’s words, Pan-Africanism
guides and seeks to connect the actions of millions of persons towards specific and definite goals. It is a philosophy “based on the belief that Africans share common bonds and objectives and … advocate [s] unity to achieve these objectives ”. Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe. Philosophy is the instrument of ideology for a desired social, economic and political order.