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This book celebrates the life of 17 Black leaders who have made outstanding contributions to the liberation, unity and solidarity of Africa and African peoples throughout the world. Inspired by the Pan-Africanists portfolio, a series of oil paintings by artist Barrington Watson, author Dudley Thompson presents the reader with succinct biographies each illustrated in full colour by a portrait in oil. Included among the biographies are Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, W.E.B. Dubois, Marcus Garvey, George Padmore, C.L.R. James, Kwame Nkrumah, Julius Nyerere, Jomo Kenyatta, Haile Selassie, Paul Robeson, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jnr., Muhammad Ali, Patrice Lumumba, Malcolm X and Nelson Mandela. This is both an art book and an important reference work for young readers throughout Africa and the Diaspora.. Barrington Watson is one of Jamaicas leading artists. He is the author of Shades of Grey, a collection of autobiographical stories illustrated with his own paintings.
From the Back Cover
This book celebrates the lives of seventeen Black leaders who have made outstanding contributions to the liberatin, unity and solidarity of Africa and African peoples throughtout the world. Inspried by the "Pan-Aricanists" portfolio, a series of oil paintings by artist Barrington Watson, the authors presesnt the reader with succinct biographies of Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, W.E.B. Dubois, Marcus Garvey, George Padmore, C.L.R. James, Kwame Nkrumah, Julius Nyerere, Jomo Kenyata, Haile Selassie, Paul Robeson, rosa Parks, Maartin Lugher King, Jr., Muhammad Ali, patrice Lumumba, Malcolm X and Nelson Mandela.
Not all of them necessarily belonged formally to a Pan-Africanist organization or ever used the term in descriptions of themselves. But the life of each one of them manifests the core values of Pan-Africanism. Together, their lives represent a pwerful emodidment of the history of this social movement.
This is both an art book and an improtant reference work for young readers throughout Africa and the Diaspora.
--This text refers to the
Hardcover
edition.
The Pan-Africanists
The Pan-Africanists,Dudley Johnson,Barrington Watson,Koffi Annan,Ian Randle Publishers,9768123923,Africa,Black studies,Historical figures,History of specific racial & ethnic groups,Slavery,Slavery & emancipation
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