<P> Nationalist ideas in Sub-Saharan Africa emerged during the mid-19th century among the emerging black middle classes in West Africa . Early nationalists hoped to overcome ethnic fragmentation by creating nation - states . In its earliest period , it was inspired by African - American and Afro - Caribbean intellectuals from the Back - to - Africa movement who imported nationalist ideals current in Europe and the Americas at the time . The early African nationalists were elitist and believed in the supremacy of Western culture but sought a greater role for themselves in political decision - making . They rejected African traditional religions and tribalism as `` primitive '' and embraced western ideas of Christianity , modernity , and the nation state . However , one of the challenges faced by nationalists in unifying their nation after European rule were the divisions of tribes and the formation of ethnicism . </P>
<P> Nationalist ideas in Sub-Saharan Africa emerged during the mid-19th century among the emerging black middle classes in West Africa . Early nationalists hoped to overcome ethnic fragmentation by creating nation - states . In its earliest period , it was inspired by African - American and Afro - Caribbean intellectuals from the Back - to - Africa movement who imported nationalist ideals current in Europe and the Americas at the time . The early African nationalists were elitist and believed in the supremacy of Western culture but sought a greater role for themselves in political decision - making . They rejected African traditional religions and tribalism as `` primitive '' and embraced western ideas of Christianity , modernity , and the nation state . However , one of the challenges faced by nationalists in unifying their nation after European rule were the divisions of tribes and the formation of ethnicism . </P>
what is the name of the african nationalist movement that started in the 1950s
what is the name of the african nationalist movement that started in the 1950s
Back - to - Africa movement
Back - to - Africa movement