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Why pan-African movement was not active in Africa before 1945.
a) There was lack of adequate African representation in the movement before 1945. Africans in the movement were few.
b) Colonial authorities could not allow Africans to organize a movement that was against their policies.
c) The ‘divide and rule’ policy used by the Europeans made it impossible for Africans to communicate and cooperate.
d) Africans in each colony were mainly concerned with issues that affected them directly e.g. Land alienation, forced labour and taxation.
e) The only Countries that were independent (Liberia and Ethiopia) could not champion pan-Africanism since they had their own internal problems.