Abstract
Although the historical emergence of Pan-Africanism had recorded some significant breakthroughs, today the hindsight of Pan-African ideals, which re-echoes the vibrancy of the movement as a philosophy of social action and African unity, is short-lived. The unifocal outlook on Pan-Africanism as a movement toward emancipation and self-government largely limits its relevance in the twenty-first century; similarly, the manner with which Pan-Africanism is described as a legacy entrenches an impression that it is a relic. This, to a large extent, leads to questioning its relevance and the necessity of a continual pursuit of its tenets. This chapter is inspired by Falola and Essien’s (Introduction. In Pan-Africanism, and the politics of African citizenship and identity (pp. 1–10). New York: Routledge, 2013) position that twenty-first century Africa is witnessing waning Pan-Africanism. They argue that “the appropriation and performance of Pan-Africanism on continental, national, regional, local and transatlantic levels offer an alternative solution for sustaining Pan-Africanism”. This chapter engages with the arguments of these scholars.
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To mediatize is to annex an entity to another, so that the former retains its identity even though it has lost most of its power to the latter. See Omotoso S.A. (2018a) “Media and Politics in Africa” In: Oloruntoba S., Falola T. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of African Politics, Governance and Development. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. pp. 553–571.
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I have defined ‘media in Africa’ as all media organizations both local and foreign operating within Africa, while ‘African media’ are media organizations based in Africa, owned by Africans and operated to serve Africa. See Omotoso, S.A. (2018b) “Media, Society and the Post-Colonial State”. The Palgrave Handbook of African Politics, Governance and Development. Palgrave Macmillan, New York.
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See Mshai, 2015 In Conversation: Feminist Africa Volume 20.
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Omotoso in the work titled “Hairiness and Hairlessness: An African Feminist View of Poverty”, 2019 proposed that scholarly African feminists and Indigenous survivalist African feminists must symbiotically interact for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in Africa.
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See Omotoso, S.A. (2017) “Communicating Feminist Ethics in the Age of New Media in Africa” in Gendering Knowledge in Africa and the African Diaspora (pp. 64–84), eds. Toyin Falola, Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso. Routledge: USA. (USA)
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Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, adopted on July 1, 2003, and entered into force on November 25, 2005. Also, African Union Agenda 2063, Aspiration 6 and also items 1, 6, 13, 31, 45, 49, 50, 51, 52, 58 and 66d.
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Omotoso, S.A. (2020). Mediatizing and Gendering Pan-Africanism for ‘Glocal’ Impacts. In: Oloruntoba, S.O. (eds) Pan Africanism, Regional Integration and Development in Africa. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34296-8_8
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