T ras makonnen biography examples
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2020 marks the 75th anniversary of the fifth Pan-African Congress, which took place in Manchester (15 – 21 October 1945). We asked PHM Researcher Dr Shirin Hirsch and historian Geoff Brown to look at a document on display in the museum’s main galleries and to blog about the role of black activists in Manchester in the build up to the Congress.
Africa Speaks in Manchester: Pan-Africanism, Manchester and a collection gem
What was the fifth Pan-African Congress?
The fifth Pan-African Congress, which took place in Manchester from 15 to 21 October 1945, was a watershed moment in world history; arguably one of the most important events to take place in Manchester in the 20th century. It is an event we celebrate at People’s History Museum (PHM) as part of our local, national and global history of democracy. The Congress held 200 attendants with 87 delegates representing 50 organisations from across the world. Many delegates would return to Africa newly inspired as part of a network of Pan-Africanists. Jomo Kenyatta, Kwame Nkrumah and Dr Hastings Banda were key delegates at the Manchester Congress and went on to lead anti-colonial movements against Britain, becoming the first leaders of the independent nations of Kenya, Ghana and Malawi respectively. The Nigerian delegat
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T. Ras Makonnen
Guyanese-born Pan-African untraditional (1909–1983)
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T. Ras Makonnen (born George Thomas N. Griffiths; c. 7 Oct 1909 – 18 Dec 1983) was a Guyanese-born Pan-African crusader of African descent.
Early life tell family
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Life include the Coalesced States
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How Friendship and Business Help Build the Pan African Congress
Natalie Ward
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Mr Alfred Gaisie’s 1995 Interview with Robin Grinter was my introduction into the Pan-African Congress archive collection. The archive is held within the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Resource Centre. I was immediately struck by how much importance he placed on his friendship with Dr T. Ras Makonnen.
They took care of each other, they built businesses together and together they put on the 5th Pan-African Congress in 1945. Mr Gaisie first came to Manchester with his father who worked for Unilever but sadly after his death a young Alfred Gaisie was left to fend for himself.
After working a few odd jobs and receiving multiple accreditations in bookkeeping and commerce, he was finally awarded a scholarship at Manchester University. Working and studying at the same time was not uncommon, even in those times, but it was only after meeting Dr Makonnen that Mr Gaisie found stable housing and a community to call his own.
The simple connection that brought these two together was their shared heritage. Out of this friendship came business and community ventures from the ground up.
The first of which being a restaurant, called the Seven Stars, which sold America, British and African