3rd Pan-African Congress
In 1923, the Third Pan-African Congress was held in London and in Lisbon. This meeting was totally unorganized. This meeting was also a repeat of the demands such as self-rule, the problems in Diaspora and the African-European relationship. The following was addressed at the meeting:
- The development of Africa should be for the benefit of Africans and not merely for the profits of Europeans.
- There should be home rule and a responsible government for British West Africa and the British West Indies.
- The Abolition of the pretension of a white minority to dominate a black majority in Kenya, Rhodesia and South Africa.
- Lynching and mob law in the US should be suppressed
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