LETTER: Where is pan-Africanism’s pantheon today?
Adekeye Adebajo and Kwame Anthony Appiah may have differing views on the matter
02 December 2020 - 16:52
Adekeye Adebajo’s most recent column came across as a plug for his new, 38-chapter book (“Prophets, poets and philosophers of the pan-African pantheon (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/columnists/2020-11-29-adekeye-adebajo-prophets-poets-and-philosophers-of-the-pan-african-pantheon/)”, November 29).
He argues that pan-Africanism was a reaction to the European plagues of slavery and colonialism when, among other atrocities, between 12-million and 15-million Africans were forcibly transported to the Caribbean and Americas...
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