WORLD HISTORY

WORLD WAR II

DECOLONIZATION PHASE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Africans of the Pan-African movement wanted ____ from European colonization and needed ____ to achieve it.
A
independence, nationalism
B
equality, civil war
C
tension, partitoning
D
repeal, famine
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Pan-Africanism was the attempt to create a sense of brotherhood and collaboration among all people of African descent whether they lived inside or outside of Africa. The themes raised in this excerpt connect to the aspirations of people, the values of European culture, and the world of African colonies.

Detailed explanation-2: -Pan-Africanism and Black Nationalism: The Pan-African movement was largely in response to forced separation of Africans in the diaspora (those who had been shipped to the Americas or elsewhere in the slave trade) and has had as a primary goal to develop a sense of solidarity between peoples of African descent.

Detailed explanation-3: -While the Pan-African congresses lacked financial and political power, they helped to increase international awareness of racism and colonialism and laid the foundation for the political independence of African nations.

Detailed explanation-4: -The most-important result of the second Pan-African Congress was the issuance of a declaration that criticized European colonial domination in Africa and lamented the unequal state of relations between white and Black races, calling for a fairer distribution of the world’s resources.

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