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SUMMARY:Pan-Africanism: a history
LOCATION:London School of Economics: CLM.4.02\, Clement House\, LSE
DESCRIPTION:Thursday 29 October 2026 6.30pm - 8pmSpeakerProfessor Hakim Ad
 iChairDr Alex MayhewJoin us for this Black History Month event featuring a
 ward winning academic and activist\, Hakim Adi.Pan-Africanism is again in 
 the news as a result of the recent UN resolution backed by the states of A
 frica and the Caribbean declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans and
  enslavement the gravest crime against humanity and demanding the need for
  full reparation.Such demands are a key feature of Pan-Africanism and the 
 Pan-African movement and date back to at least the late 17th century. In t
 his presentation Hakim Adi surveys the centuries long struggles for the ri
 ghts of Africa and its diaspora and highlights the important role that tho
 se in Britain have played in this history.Meet our speakerHakim Adi is cur
 rently a Visiting Research Fellow at the Department of International Histo
 ry. Hakim was the first historian of African heritage to become a professo
 r of history in Britain. In August 2024 he was the recipient of the ‘Out
 standing African Studies Award’ by the African Studies Association (UK) 
 in recognition of his ‘exceptional contribution to the field of African 
 Studies\, for expanding and disseminating knowledge on Africa.’ In April
  2025 he was awarded the Amilcar Cabral Centenary Medallion by the Fundaç
 ão Amilcar Cabral (Cape Verde) for his work honoring the memory of Amilca
 r Cabral.He has appeared in many documentary films\, on TV and on radio an
 d has written widely on the history of Africa and the African Diaspora\, i
 ncluding three history books for children. His publications include: West 
 Africans in Britain 1900-60: Nationalism\, Pan-Africanism and Communism (L
 awrence and Wishart\, 1998)\; (with M. Sherwood) The 1945 Manchester Pan-A
 frican Congress Revisited (New Beacon\, 1995) and Pan-African History: Pol
 itical Figures from Africa and the Diaspora since 1787 (Routledge\, 2003).
 His most recent books are Pan-Africanism and Communism: The Communist Inte
 rnational\, Africa and the Diaspora\, 1919-1939 (Africa World Press\, 2013
 )\, Pan-Africanism: A History (1804 Books\, 2023)\, and\, as editor Black 
 British History: New Perspectives (Zed\, 2019)\, Black Voices on Britain (
 Macmillan\, 2022) and Many Struggles: New Histories of African and Caribbe
 an People in Britain (Pluto\, 2023). His most recent publication\, Africa 
 and Caribbean People in Britain: A History (Allen Lane\, 2023) was shortli
 sted for the prestigious Wolfson History Prize in Britain in September 202
 3.Meet our chairAlex Mayhew is an historian of modern conflict whose work 
 uses interdisciplinary methods to explore how individuals and communities 
 make sense of crisis\, violence\, and upheaval. His research centres on 
 ‘sensemaking’ – the ways people make meaning from their experiences 
 – and speaks to questions of resilience\, morale\, and the dynamics of v
 iolence. His first book\, Making Sense of the Great War: Crisis\, Englishn
 ess\, and Morale on the Western Front (Cambridge University Press\, 2024)\
 , received an Honourable Mention for the WW1 Historical Association's Toml
 inson Prize.Alex’s work has appeared in journals including The English H
 istorical Review\, The Historical Journal\, War in History\, and First Wor
 ld War Studies\, and has featured in The Times and on Times Radio. He is k
 een to share his research with public audiences. He appeared as an expert 
 on the BBC’s Who Do You Think You Are?\, has spoken at numerous public e
 vents\, and contributed to several history podcasts. He also advised on a 
 BBC Bitesize game introducing the First World War to younger audiences.Fro
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