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The Evolution of Pan the Evolution of Pan-Africanism and the Gold People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research University of Oran Faculty of Letters, Languages, and Arts Department of Anglo-Saxon Languages Section of English Thesis submitted to the Department of Anglo-Saxon Languages in candidature for the Degree of Doctorate in African Civilization The Evolution of PanPan----AfricanismAfricanism and the Gold Coast Nationalism from the Origins to 1960 Submitted by: Supervised by: Aziz Mostefaoui Pr. Badra Lahouel Jury: President Belmekki Belkacem Maitre de Conférences –A– University of Oran Rapporteur Lahouel Badra Professor University of Oran Examiner Bouhadiba Zoulikha Maitre de Conférences –A– University of Oran Examiner Bahous Abbas Professor University of Mostaganem Examiner Bedjaoui Fewzia Maitre de Conférences –A– University of Sidi Bel Abbes Examiner Borsali Fewzi Professor University of Adrar Academic Year: 2010 – 2011 DEDICATION To my wife and children … … the brightest lights in the darkest nights. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I am eternally indebted to my distinguished teacher and supervisor, Professor Badra LAHOUEL, for her guidance, pieces of advice, patience and encouragement throughout the preparation of this research. The completion of this work would not have been possible without the help and references provided by the Library of the American University in Cairo, so I am greatly indebted to all the members of the staff who facilitated my task. I am also immensely thankful to Professor Fewzi BORSALI, my teacher and colleague, for providing me with inestimable archives and for his constant moral support, valuable remarks, and instructive criticism. My special thanks are due to the various scholars who taught me so much about African history and widened my horizons through their various works, and to all my friends, colleagues, and students who helped or supported me during my research work. Finally, I wish to express my deep gratitude to my wife for so generously aiding and standing by me. May Allah bless her. ABSTRACT This doctoral thesis deals with Pan-Africanism which emerged in the New World (mainly the West Indies and the United States) and the Gold Coast nationalism from their origins to the foundation of the Republic of Ghana in 1960. It examines the historical evolution of the Pan-African movement which first appeared as a concept during the 1900 London Conference organised by the West Indian Henry Sylvester Williams but had its origins in the previous centuries. The movement developed throughout the years, especially after the First World War when the ‘Father of Pan-Africanism’, W. E. B. Du Bois, initiated the Pan-African Congress movement and organised a series of congresses which considerably contributed to the spread of Pan-African ideas among people of African descent and continental Africans. Moreover, this study follows the evolution of the Gold Coast nationalism through a sketch over the history of this country from its discovery by the Portuguese in the fifteenth century, to the establishment of the Colony, and ending with the achievement of independence and the birth of the Republic of Ghana. This paper scrutinises the process whereby the two movements (i.e. Pan-Africanism and the Gold Coast nationalism) which developed separately at the beginning came into touch with one another by the twentieth century, thereby establishing a bridge of communication between continental Africans and those in the diaspora. After the Second World War, the two movements underwent a radical change in their strategies and methods of protest as they both demanded the independence of all African countries from European colonial rule. At this time, African nationalist leaders took over the leadership of Pan-Africanism from African Americans and West Indians during the Manchester Congress in 1945. The main architect of this change was the Gold Coast leader Kwame Nkrumah who made of his country a centre of Pan-African propaganda by organising a series of regional and continental Pan-African meetings, especially after independence in March 1957. CONTENTS - List of Acronyms ................................................................................................IV - List of Maps .......................................................................................................VI - List of Tables ....................................................................................................VII - INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................1 CHAPTER ONE: THE EMERGENCE OF PAN-AFRICANISM ............................9 I- An Introduction to Pan-Africanism ..............................................................10 1- A Review .......................................................................................................11 2- An Attempt at a Definition ..............................................................................14 II- The Historical Origins of Pan-Africanism ...................................................17 1- The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade .....................................................................19 2- The Middle Passage ......................................................................................31 3- The Slave Revolts in the New World ............................................................40 III- The Development of the Pan-African Ideology .........................................48 1- Nineteenth-Century Pan-African Forerunners ...............................................50 2- The Main Pan-African Tendencies in the Early Twentieth Century ...............67 3- The Inter-War Pan-African Congresses ........................................................82 CHAPTER TWO: THE GOLD COAST FROM DISCOVERY TO COLONISATION (15 th C.-19 th C.) .....................................................................91 I- A Historical Background to the Gold Coast ................................................93 1- The Early Portuguese Voyages to the Gold Coast .........................................93 2- European Scramble for the Gold Coast ..........................................................99 I II- The Growth of British Jurisdiction and Rule in the Gold Coast .............110 1- British Policy in the Gold Coast until 1850 ...................................................111 2- Extension of British Influence and the Ashanti Threat .................................121 3- From Non-Expansion to Colonisation ..........................................................127 III- Nineteenth-Century Roots of the Gold Coast Nationalism ....................134 1- King Aggery and the British Jurisdiction (1865-1866) .................................134 2- The Fanti Confederation Movement (1868-1874) .......................................141 3- The British Land Legislation and the Formation of the Aborigines’ Rights Protection Society (1894-1898) ...................................................................150 CHAPTER THREE: THE CONCEPTION OF PAN-AFRICANISM AND THE GOLD COAST NATIONALISM (1900-1939) ...............162 I- Pan-African Trends in the Gold Coast .......................................................164 1- The Back-to-Africa Movements (19 th and Early 20 th C.) .............................166 2- The Pan-African Meetings and the Gold Coast Representation (1900-1927) .................................................................................................185 3- The Attitude of the Gold Coast Nationalists to New World Pan- Africanism ....................................................................................................191 II- The Gold Coast Nationalist Movement ....................................................196 1- The Decline of the A.R.P.S. and the Emergence of the N.C.B.W.A. (1900-1930) .................................................................................................199 2- The British Authorities’ Attitude to the N.C.B.W.A. ......................................215 III- The Impact of the Italian Invasion of Ethiopia on the Gold Coast Nationalism and Pan-Africanism (1935-1939) ..............................................226 1- The Gold Coasters’ Reaction to the Italo-Ethiopian Conflict .......................226 2- The Impact of the Italo-Ethiopian Conflict on Pan-Africanism .....................233 II CHAPTER FOUR: PAN-AFRICANISM AND THE GOLD COAST NATIONALISM (1939-1960) ....................................240 I- The Gold Coast and the Second World War .............................................243 1- The Involvement of the Gold Coast in W.W.II .............................................244 2- The Political Impact of W.W.II on the Gold Coasters ..................................248 3- The Impact of W.W.II on the Gold Coast Economy .....................................254 II- The Growth of Political Protest in the Gold Coast ..................................260 1- The Growth of Discontent after W.W.II and the Foundation of the United Gold Coast Convention ........................................................................................261 2- The Riots of 1948 and their Consequences ................................................273 III- Kwame Nkrumah: The Rise of a Pan-African and Nationalist Messiah .......................................................................280 1- Nkrumah’s Formative Years to 1945 ...........................................................281 2- Nkrumah and the Pan-African Experience in Britain (1945-1947) ...............289
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