Some quotations from Pan-Africanists and/or about Pan-Africanism which appear on Portal:Pan-Africanism.
Selected quotes
In his "Whirlwind Message", the First Message to the Negroes of the World from Atlanta Prison (10 February 1925), Marcus Garvey delivered the following message:
| “ | Look for me in the whirlwind or the storm, look for me all around you, for, with God's grace, I shall come and bring with me countless millions of black slaves who have died in America and the West Indies and the millions in Africa to aid you in the fight for Liberty, Freedom and Life. | ” |
| — Marcus Garvey, UNIA-ALC : "First Message to the Negroes of the World from Atlanta Prison." - "(The Whirlwind Message)" (10 February 1925) | ||
In addressing the first ever conference of the Organization of African Unity (1st May 1963). The Gambian Pan-Africanist and nationalist Alieu Ebrima Cham Joof delivered the following message:
| “ | It is barely 75 years when the European Powers sat round the table in Germany each holding a dagger to carve up Africa for its own benefit.… Your success will inspire and speed up the freedom and total independence of the African continent and eradicate imperialism and colonialism from the continent and eventually neo-colonialism from the globe… Your failure, which no true African in Africa is praying for, will prolong our struggle with bitterness and disappointment. I therefore adjure that you ignore any suggestion outside Africa and holding that the present civilization, which some of the big powered are boasting of, sprang up from Africa, and realising that the entire world has something earthly to learn from Africa, you would endeavour your utmost to come to agreement, save Africa from the clutches of neo-colonialism and resurrect African dignity, manhood and national stability. | ” |
| — Alieu Ebrima Cham Joof, The Point Newspaper (Cham Joof's speech). Archived 2011-11-23 at the Wayback Machine | ||
In addressing imperialism at a Salisbury (Southern Rhodesia) meeting held on 9 April 1962, the former President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe delivered the following speech:
| “ | Africa must revert to what it was before the imperialists divided it. These are artificial divisions which we, in our pan-African concept, will seek to remove. | ” |
| — Robert Mugabe, Al Jazeera: "Robert Mugabe's most famous quotes" (16 November 2017) | ||
On the subject of "Black self-hatred", the African-American scholar and Pan-Africanist Dr. Amos N. Wilson said:
| “ | We talk a lot as a people about self-hatred. Self-hatred is a personality configuration. It is an orientation toward the world and toward oneself. | ” |
| — Dr. Amos N. Wilson, Our Time Press: "Black Self-Hatred is White Man’s Self-Defense" [in] "Dr. Amos Wilson: Why We Do The Things We Do" (26 February 2016) | ||