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Footprints of Pan Africanism

(Footprints of Pan Africanism)
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Original Title : Footprints of Pan Africanism
Time : 117 Min
Genre : Documentary
Project Type : Movie
Year of release : 2018
Director : Shirikiana Aina
Writer : Shirikiana Aina
Producer : No data available
Project State : completed
Origin Country/Region : United States
Original Language : English
About : In the 1950s, African Americans from all walks of life followed Kwame Nkrumah's call to come home to live and work in Africa. It was a call to not only help rebuild the independent country of Ghana, but to also join in the creation of a ...See moreIn the 1950s, African Americans from all walks of life followed Kwame Nkrumah's call to come home to live and work in Africa. It was a call to not only help rebuild the independent country of Ghana, but to also join in the creation of a liberated Pan-African territory. On the day that Ghana's independence was proclaimed, Nkrumah, who became Ghana's first president, stated that Ghana's independence was meaningless unless it was linked to the liberation of the whole of Africa. Intertwining the struggles of the Diaspora and Africa, Footprints of Pan-Africanism honors the powerful bonds that were so crucial to this era. While one country was struggling for equity and the other for independence, both movements were rooted in a determination to reassert their humanity and recover from the impact of slavery and colonialism. See less Read more: Plot summary

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