Pan-African Forums: Defining Pan-Africanism I

Welcome to the “Pan-African Forums”, a series of online conversations amplifying African
perspectives on a range of social, economic and political issues.

Featuring intellectuals from the African continent and diaspora, these forums will enrich ongoing conversations within and amongst the range of conceptual, geographical, ideological and linguistic regions of Africa, envisioning, the
potential and possibilities of working together beyond the narrow confines of nation-states.

The series is hosted by The Elephant, Alliance Française de Nairobi and IFRA-Nairobi from Nairobi, Kenya.

Brian Kagoro provides a broad historical and conceptual overview of Pan Africanism.

Brian Kagoro is the Programme Support Division Director of the Africa Regional Office (AfRO) of the Open Society Foundation (OSF). Prior to that he was Founder and Executive Director of UHAI Africa Group, a governance and development consulting firm with operations in Johannesburg, Harare, and Nairobi.