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The Talented Tenth at the Second Pan-African Congress
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6187597 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Emanuele Nidi (University of Naples - L'Orientale, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2023-06-30 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of American Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1991-9336 • E-ISSN: 1991-9336 |
| Publisher | OpenEdition (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4000/ejas.20347 |
| OpenAlex | W4383682501 |
| Language | FR |
| References cited | 17 |
The Second Pan-African Congress of 1921 was an international meeting organized around three sessions in three different European capitals (London, Brussels, and Paris). Notwithstanding its moderate program, colonial powers regarded it as an offshoot of Bolshevik and Garveyite propaganda. These allegations sparked a fierce internal debate between the French Pan-African leader Blaise Diagne and the US delegation, the former accusing the latter of being too critical of colonialism. However, the US delegates were mainly members of the Black bourgeoisie, hardly accountable for the radicalism denounced during the Congress sessions. They exemplified a depiction of the intellectual elite described by their leader, W.E.B. Du Bois, in his influential writings on the “Talented Tenth.” Based on an analysis of the US delegation, this article examines the characteristics of early Pan-Africanism and the ambiguous relationship between the Pan-African Congress and the European colonial powers
Bourgeoisie · Colonialism · Delegation · Economic history · Elite · Political radicalism · Political science · Politics · French Historical and Cultural Studies · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · Law · North African History and Literature
Pan-Africanism
The Color Line behind the Lines
Military Collaboration, Conscription And Citizenship Rights In The Four Communes Of Senegal And In French West Africa (1912–1946)
Race, Rights and Reform
The World of Marcus Garvey
Awkward Dominion
Transformation of the African American Intelligentsia, 1880-2012
The archival geographies of twentieth-century internationalism
The Capital of Race Capitals
Rereading the Harlem Renaissance
The Elusive History of the Pan-African Congress, 1919-27
West African Challenge to Empire
Colour-blind France? colonial workers during the first world war
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |