TY - JOUR
T1 - Liberate Your Mind
T2 - Ghana and Kwame Nkrumah’s Influence on Contemporary Pan-African Consciousness in the USA
AU - Frehiwot, Mjiba
AU - McGhee, Chy
AU - Aduako, Harriet Boateng
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2022/6
Y1 - 2022/6
N2 - This article interrogates the influence of Ghana and Kwame Nkrumah on the development of contemporary Pan-African consciousness in the USA. The research occurred between December 2018 and January 2020 in Accra Ghana, Washington, DC, and the San-Francisco Bay Area. The study included in-depth interviews, focus group discussions, and participatory observation at Pan-African events such as Kwanzaa, PANAFEST, and African Liberation Day. The findings suggest the development of Pan-African consciousness is obtained through engagement and interaction with historical and contemporary Pan-African leaders. Two main themes emerged they are (1) Linkages exist between the development of Pan-African consciousness among the Diaspora and Kwame Nkrumah and Ghana’s historical role in the Pan-African Movement, and (2) Pan-African institutions that engage in political education contribute to exposing the Diaspora to Pan-African consciousness.
AB - This article interrogates the influence of Ghana and Kwame Nkrumah on the development of contemporary Pan-African consciousness in the USA. The research occurred between December 2018 and January 2020 in Accra Ghana, Washington, DC, and the San-Francisco Bay Area. The study included in-depth interviews, focus group discussions, and participatory observation at Pan-African events such as Kwanzaa, PANAFEST, and African Liberation Day. The findings suggest the development of Pan-African consciousness is obtained through engagement and interaction with historical and contemporary Pan-African leaders. Two main themes emerged they are (1) Linkages exist between the development of Pan-African consciousness among the Diaspora and Kwame Nkrumah and Ghana’s historical role in the Pan-African Movement, and (2) Pan-African institutions that engage in political education contribute to exposing the Diaspora to Pan-African consciousness.
KW - Consciousness
KW - Diaspora
KW - Ghana
KW - Kwame Nkrumah
KW - Pan-Africanism
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85126855148
U2 - 10.1007/s12111-022-09572-8
DO - 10.1007/s12111-022-09572-8
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85126855148
SN - 1559-1646
VL - 26
SP - 125
EP - 141
JO - Journal of African American Studies
JF - Journal of African American Studies
IS - 2
ER -