Overview
Region
Caribbean
Trinidad and Tobago
Era
Post-colonial
Language
English
Genre
Political Philosophy
About This Work
Padmore's major work arguing that Pan-Africanism — not Communism — is the correct path to African liberation. He broke with the Comintern in 1934 and became Nkrumah's advisor on Pan-Africanism.
Literary Significance
The foundational text of Pan-Africanism as a distinct political ideology; Padmore was called 'the father of African emancipation'