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How Edward Blyden Found His African Personality

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  • Date 9 March 2021

In this lecture and conversation, we explore the life of Dr Edward Blyden, pioneering educator, diplomat, and politician.

In 1888, Dr Blyden, the Caribbean-Liberian “father of pan-Africanism”, published a seminal collection of essays advocating for the wholesale colonisation of Africa – politically, intellectually and religiously. By 1908 he had changed his mind – but why?

We explore the life and work of Dr Blyden, charting his advocacy for African development, and the evolution of his ideas from a veneration of all things western to a genuine reverence for what he called the “African Personality”.

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