Pan-African Congress

The Pan-African Congress - following on from the first Pan-African Conference of 1900 in London - was a series of seven meetings, held in 1919 in Paris, 1921 in London, 1923 in London, 1927 New York, 1945 Manchester, 1974 Dar es Salaam and 1994 Kampala, that were intended to address the issues facing Africa as a result of European colonization of most of the continent.

It gained the reputation of a peace maker for decolonization in Africa and in the West Indies. It made significant advance for the Pan-African cause. One of the demands was to end colonial rule and end racial discrimination, against imperialism and it demanded human rights and equality of economic opportunity. The manifesto given by the Pan-African Congress included the political and economic demands of the Congress for a new world context of international cooperation.