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Sixty Decades after the First All-African People\u2019s Conference: Why Are Liberation and Transformation Still Lagging in Africa?\u2014Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja<br \/>\n2. Closing Presentation at the All-African Peoples Conference\u2014Horace G. Campbell<br \/>\n3. Pan-Africanism in Mwalimu Nyerere\u2019s Thought\u2014Issa Shivji<br \/>\n4. Ghana (1957\u20131966): Reflections and Lessons From a Twentieth Century Pan-African Liberated Nation-State\u2014D. Zizwe Poe<br \/>\n5. Transnational Citizenship on the Borderlands: Towards Making (Non)Sense of National Borders in Africa\u2014Edem Adotey<br \/>\n6. Looking Backwards to Run Forward: A Critical Examination of the Sixtieth Anniversary of the 1958 All-African People\u2019s Conference<br \/>\n\u2014Mjiba Frehiwot<br \/>\n7. Generating Inclusive and Sustainable Growth: Challenging Neoliberal Approaches to Gender Mainstreaming in Regional Economic Integration in Africa\u2014Adryan Wallace<br \/>\n8. A Brief History of Development Initiatives in Africa \u2014Anthony Yaw Baah<br \/>\n9. Pan-African Epistemologies of Knowledge Production: A Deconstruction-Based Critical Reflection\u2014James Dzisah and Michael Kpessa-Whyte<br \/>\n10. Hip-Hop Studies as a Model for Anti-Imperialist Research in Africa\u2014Msia Kibona Clark<br \/>\n<strong>Section 2<\/strong><br \/>\n1. Centring Youth, Women, and Working People in Africa\u2019s Struggle for Liberation\u2014Dzodzi Tsikata<br \/>\n2. Solidarity Message Former President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki<br \/>\n3. Solidarity Message Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Kwesi Quartey<br \/>\n4. Our Faith in Our Future is not Without Basis \u2014Akilagpa Sawyerr<br \/>\n5. Speaking With History G. A. Balogun with Edem Adotey<br \/>\n<strong>Section 3<\/strong><br \/>\n1. Background Paper<br \/>\n2. The Arts at the AAPC @ 60\u2014Eric Tei-Kumadoe and Edem Adotey<br \/>\n3. Issues and Recommendations<br \/>\nExhortation<br \/>\nDe Geas of Rickydoc: an Exhortation \u2014Arthur Rickydoc Flowers<br \/>\nList of Contributors<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This book features essays, speeches, and reflections from the 60th-anniversary commemoration of the All-African People\u2019s Conference (AAPC), an epochal event in the history of Africa\u2019s fight for liberation. The four-day conference was a collaboration between the Institute of African Studies, the Trades Union Congress of Ghana, the Socialist Forum of Ghana, Lincoln University, and the Third World Network Africa. The stories, essays, speeches, and poems featured in this book are not simply a reflection of the past \u2013 they are a call to action for the present and future generations of Pan\u2011Africanists. May this book serve as a reminder that our liberation is intertwined with the liberation of others and that we must work together toward building a more just and equitable world. Let us continue to inspire the next generation of Pan-Africanists and keep the spirit of the All\u2011African People\u2019s Conference alive.\u00a0The book offers valuable perspectives on Africa\u2019s current predicaments and what a truly liberated Africa can offer to the world.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Unfinished Business of African Liberation<\/em> is a path\u2010breaking collection of proceedings commemorating the 1958 landmark All African People\u2019s Conference. The volume is essential reading for all those interested in pursuing African decolonization and liberation in the 21st century.<br \/>\n\u2014 <strong>Amina Mama<\/strong>, Professor, Gender, Sexuality &amp; Women\u2019s Studies, University of California, Davis, former Kwame Nkrumah Chair in African Studies at the University of Ghana<\/p>\n<p>It is a must\u2010read for all who care about the contemporary plight of African people.<br \/>\n\u2014 <strong>Sylvia Tamale<\/strong>, Decolonial feminist &amp; Professor of Law, School of Law, Makerere University, Uganda<\/p>\n<p>This collection presents critical thinking by a wide spectrum of Pan\u2010African workers, youth, women, students, intellectuals, businesspeople, activists, academics, and politicians.\u2028\u2014 <strong>Adotey Bing-Pappoe<\/strong>, Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics and International Business, University of Greenwich<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":22782,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[141,314,595,497,138],"product_tag":[],"authors":[649],"publisher":[],"class_list":["post-21964","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-african","product_cat-decolonisation","product_cat-liberation","product_cat-neocolonialism","product_cat-political-science","authors-dzodzi-et-al","first","instock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-variable"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/darajapress.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/21964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/darajapress.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/darajapress.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darajapress.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21964"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darajapress.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/darajapress.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darajapress.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=21964"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darajapress.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=21964"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darajapress.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=21964"},{"taxonomy":"authors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darajapress.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/authors?post=21964"},{"taxonomy":"publisher","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darajapress.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publisher?post=21964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}