The Pan-African Congresses (1900-1945):a) The 1st pan-African conference, London, 1900. It was held at the Westminster Townhall from 23rd to 25th July with 32 participants from Africa, USA, Canada and West Indies. The conference was sponsored by a Trinidad lawyer Henry Sylvester Williams who coined the term PanAfricanism.The objectives of the conference included: - To unite people of African origin in all parts of the world. -To appeal for the end of European colonization and exploitation of Africa. -To look for ways of establishing better relations between the Caucasian and African races.b) The 2nd Pan-African Conference, Paris, 1919. The conference coincided with the Paris Peace conference. The conference was convened by William Du bois who had been sent to Paris by NAACP to investigate the allegations that African American troops stationed in France during world war I experienced racial discrimination. The conference made the following recommendations; .....
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