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Title:African-Americans and the mobilization of support for African development: the case of Africare Inc. 1971
Author:Erhagbe, EdwardISNI
Year:2009
Periodical:Lagos Historical Review (ISSN 1596-5031)
Volume:9
Pages:83-101
Language:English
Geographic terms:Africa
United States
Subjects:African Americans
private aid
Abstract:African-Americans' positive identification with Africa received a major boost from the 1960s when most of the erstwhile European colonies in Africa regained their independence. While they joined Africans in their independence celebrations, they also explored new avenues of assisting African causes in the United States. They renewed their support for African liberation struggles, especially in Southern Africa. In addition, some of them also worked to assist Africans in their struggles against famine, drought and diseases. It is in this last sphere that Africare Inc., established in 1971, through its numerous activities, has lent very valuable assistance to African issues in the U.S. It continues to harness resources from individual Americans, organizations and the U.S. government in order to actualize its objectives. Its activities and successes constitute an eloquent testimony to the continued existence of pragmatic racial pan-Africanism. Furthermore, they show that like other 'hyphenated-Americans', African-Americans are still very interested in developments in their 'ancestral home', and are willing to partake in shaping such developments. Notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract]
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