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Eighty years ago, the Fifth Pan African Congress was held in Manchester. This historic gathering saw delegates - including Nkrumah, Padmore, Amy Garvey, Kenyatta and W.E.B. de Bois - gather to address the question of decolonisation in Africa and the Caribbean, setting the agenda for the colonial liberation movements for the next twenty years.
To mark this, we are hosting a special session to discuss the enduring relevance of PAC5, and the present-day works of those on the African continent and diaspora engaged in real freedom fighting and trying to practically implement its agenda, declarations and resolutions in order to complete its still unfinished business of radical decolonisation.
Njuki is one of the founders of Ukombozi Library and a convenor of Kenya Left Alliance
Amma is the British representative of the Ghana-based Positive Action Citizens Coalition (PACC).
Dr Penny Wangari-Jones is an anti-racist activist-scholar, organiser and CEO at the Racial Justice Network. She is based in West Yorkshire.
Boucka is the Chair of the Voice of the Voiceless Immigration Detainees in Yorkshire (VVIDY), based in Sheffield.
Kofi Jerry Genya is the Co-Principal Coordinator, Pro-Nkrumah Unity Movement Pan-Afrikan Youthguard Pioneers Action League, and a teacher in the Peki Secondary-Technical School, in the Volta Region of Ghana
