Constitution of the Republic of South Africa (1996) Preamble We, the people of South Africa, Recognise the injustices of our past; Honour those who suffered for justice and freedom in our land; Respect those who have worked to build and develop our country; and Believe … Read More … Read More(1996) Constitution of the Republic of South Africa
In January 1962, Nelson Mandela, the emerging leader of the South African campaign against apartheid, spoke at a convention of Pan African advocates meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. In that speech he outlined the history of the freedom struggle that he would one day personify. … Read More … Read More(1962) Nelson Mandela, “Address at the Conference of the Pan-African Freedom Movement of East and Central Africa”
In December 1960, Albert Luthuli, President of the African National Congress of South Africa, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the struggle against apartheid. The South African government however, refused to allow Luthuli to leave the country to accept the award … Read More … Read More(1961) Albert Luthuli, “Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech”
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In 1973 attorney K.M.N. Guzana was leader of the opposition Democratic Party in the national legislature of the theoretically independent nation of Transkei, one of the former homelands created by South Africa to contain the black population and thus reduce their “majority” status in the … Read More … Read More(1973) K.M.N. Guzana, “On Being a South African”
By 1962 Nnamdi Azikiwe (1904-1996) was a well-known independence leader in Nigeria. As President of the Nigerian Senate he was one of the most powerful individuals in the government of the young nation. Azikiwe, like Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana, Leopold Senghor of Senegal, and Jomo … Read More … Read More(1962) Nnamdi Azikiwe, “The Future of Pan Africanism”
“Image Ownership: Michael Kinsey” Corporate executive, ordained minister, and university educator James A. Joseph served as United States Ambassador to post-apartheid South Africa from 1995 to 1999. Ambassador Joseph returned to the United States to deliver the speech below to the General Convention of Alpha … Read More … Read More(1997) The Idea of an African Renaissance, Myth or Reality?
In 1951 Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, then President of Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, was, was already one of the most prominent African American educators in the United States. He influenced hundreds of young African Americans who came under his tutelage including undergraduate students at … Read More … Read More(1951) Dr. Benjamin E. Mays Addresses the NAACP National Convention
The books listed below are excellent sources of general information for research on African American history. General: Pauli Murray, States’ Laws on Race and Color (1950) Herbert Aptheker, ed., A Documentary History of the Negro People in the United States: From Colonial Times to 1910 … Read More … Read MoreAfrican American History: Bibliography
By 1968 the freedom struggle for Namibia was a two year old guerilla war against South African control of the region. That struggle was directed by the Southwest African People’s Organization (SWAPO). In the address below which was originally published in April, 1968, Toivo Herman … Read More … Read More(1968) Toivo Herman Ja Toivo, “Freedom for Namibia”
