Explain the challenges encountered by the Pan- African movement.
Answer:
-Ideological differences among the leaders of the movement, such as between W.E.B Dubois and Booker T. Washington.
-Harassment of pan- Africanists by the Europeans.
-Colonialism in Africa which prevented majority of the Africans from participating in the pan-Africanism affairs.
-Illiteracy and ignorance among some people of African descent.
-Negative propaganda through European media on the activities of pan-Africanism.
-Division of African independent states along with colonial interest- Anglophone and Francophone countries.
-The absence of African Americans in the movement after the independence of African states dealt a big blow to its progress.