Abstract
The First Pan-African Cultural Festival, known as PANAF, formally opened in Algiers on 21 July 1969. This was the day after Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin's historic moon landing 50 years ago. But most Pan-Africanist commentators didn't see the coincidence as detracting attention from the festival. On the contrary, while the moon landing marked the white, Western world seeking out new frontiers in space, the festival denoted something just as significant: the emergence of a post-imperial world in which Algiers was positioned as the 'mecca of revolution'.
| Original language | English |
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| Type | Comment |
| Media of output | Online publication |
| Place of Publication | London |
| Publication status | Published - 21 Jul 2019 |
Keywords
- pan-African culture
- Algiers
- black power