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20 February 2015
*A New Book to Commemorate Significant African Anniversaries on 21 February*
*21 February: Progress and Possibilities for a Pan African Future* is a
collection of 21 thought-provoking essays commemorating three significant
occurrences of the 20th century that have influenced a Pan Africanism
perspective for the 21st century and beyond:
· The arrest of Martin Luther King (and others) for their leadership
during the Montgomery Bus Boycott. (1956)
· The assassination of Malcolm X (1965)
· The start of the trial of the Ogoni 9, including writer Ken
Saro-Wiwa (1995).
Ironically, they all took place on 21 February reminding us that there are
other (past and present) parallel events and situations on the continent
and in the diaspora that have had and will have a part to play when
considering PanAfricanism and its future.
*'Pan Africanism has given birth not only to political movements, but more
significantly, it has evolved its own social thought.'* Professor Paul
Okojie, Senior Lecturer in Law, Manchester Metropolitan University
*21 February* encompasses numerous themes and topical concerns such as
climate change and human security, cultural influence, enterprise and
development, the media and women and children health initiatives. The text
brings together writers of exceptional pedigree who have a singular belief
- strengthening the unification of the continent in order to build a
positive future. The rise of female prominence within this movement is not
only discussed in one of the essays but is immediately reflected in the
editorship and production of the book (the editor and publisher are women,
Kadija Sesay and Janis Kearney respectively).
The anthology poses PanAfricanism as an ideology and implicates the concept
of cooperation as a weapon against modern political and social injustices.
*Contributors**:* Hakim Adi, Amadou Mahtar Ba, Nnimmo Bassey, Ama Biney, Sylvie
Aboa-Bradwell , Hassoum Ceesay, Carole Boyce-Davies, Gibril Faal, Raimi
Gbadamosi, Wangui wa Goro, ChenziRa Davis Kahina, Shannon Marquez, Tariq
Mehmood, Sai Murray, E. Ethelbert Miller, Mukoma wa Ngugi, Sibusiso
Vil-Nkomo, Oghenetoja Okoh, Paul Okojie, Ewuare X. Osayande, Deborah A.
Sanders, Amrit Wilson.
*Editor : *Kadija Sesay is a literary activist, editor, publisher and poet
of Sierra Leonean descent. In 1985 she graduated from Birmingham University
where she majored in West African Studies. Kadija established SAKS
Publications in 1996 to publish anthologies for writers of African descent.
This now includes SABLE, an international literary publication for writers
of colour. She has received several awards and accolades for her work and
contribution to literary arts.
*Publisher:* WoW Press is an independently owned, Arkansas-based publishing
company specialising in biography, non-fiction, fiction and children and
women's literature. Writing our World Press was founded by literacy
advocate, former presidential diarist, journalist, and newspaper publisher
Janis F. Kearney.
*21 February: Progress and Possibilities for a Pan African Future Edited by
Kadija Sesay*
ISBN: 978-0-9889644-1-9 Publication Date: 10th
November 2015
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