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561 works of pan-African thought. 10 matching current filters.

The Wretched of the Earth
1961
Frantz Fanon

A seminal work on decolonization and the psychopathology of colonization, arguing that decolonization is inherently violent and analyzing the role of class, race, and culture in liberation movements.

DiasporaPolitical Philosophy
Black Skin, White Masks
1952
Frantz Fanon

Analysis of the psychology of racism and dehumanization inherent in colonial domination, examining how colonized people internalize the colonizer's view.

DiasporaPolitical Philosophy
How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
1972
Walter Rodney

Analysis of how European colonialism systematically exploited Africa's resources and labor while blocking African development, creating underdevelopment.

DiasporaPolitical Economy
The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey
1923
Marcus Garvey (compiled by Amy Jacques Garvey)

Collection of Garvey's speeches, essays, and philosophy on Black nationalism and African redemption.

DiasporaPolitical Philosophy
The Philadelphia Negro
1899
W.E.B. Du Bois

Pioneering sociological study of African-American community in Philadelphia's Seventh Ward.

DiasporaSociology
We a BaddDDD People
1970
Sonia Sanchez

One of the defining works of the Black Arts Movement, using jazz rhythms, Black vernacular, and political rage to celebrate Black identity and demand liberation. Sanchez's voice is unlike any other.

DiasporaPoetry
Black Feeling Black Talk
1968
Nikki Giovanni

Giovanni's debut collection, written during the summer after King's assassination. Angry, playful, tender — a young Black woman's direct address to her community and to America.

DiasporaPoetry
Pedagogy of the Oppressed
1968
Paulo Freire

Freire's radical educational philosophy, developed working with illiterate peasants in Brazil, argues that education must be a practice of liberation, not a 'banking' system that deposits knowledge into passive students.

DiasporaEducation
The Measure of a Man
1959
Martin Luther King Jr.

King's theological essays on what it means to be fully human — the spiritual, intellectual, and social dimensions of human dignity. The philosophical foundation of his civil rights advocacy.

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Soul on Ice
1968
Eldridge Cleaver

Essays written from Folsom Prison — on race, sexuality, America, and the Black liberation movement. One of the defining texts of the Black Power era, brutal in its self-examination.

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