Foundational texts
- Pan Africanism Today Conferences
- SSA Regional Dilemmas of Humanity
- Niamey Declaration
Conferences & International Networking
Our conferences gather leaders and activists from organisations across Africa and beyond. These events provide opportunities to share experiences, develop a common analysis, and agree on collective actions, with the ultimate goal of building coalitions for progressive change on the continent. Below is a summary of the most significant outcomes from some of our conferences.
- First Pan African Conference: Lusaka, Zambia – 2016
- This conference aimed to reignite the spirit of Pan-Africanism across the continent. To achieve this vital objective, the PAT Secretariat was established, with the responsibility of developing and coordinating various platforms and tools to advance the Pan-African Project. These included: media initiatives, educational programmes, solidarity visits, and comprehensive research. The creation of the PAT Secretariat, alongside numerous discussions, workshops, and meetings held in the region, culminated in the inaugural political education course at the Nkrumah School in November 2016, marking a key milestone in the movement towards unity and cooperation among African people.
- Second Pan Africanism Today Conference: Tunis, Tunisia – 2017
- This conference aimed to advance the agreements from the Lusaka conference in 2016, highlighting the substantial progress made by the PAT secretariat so far and explicitly striving to bridge the artificial divide on the African continent between north and south. From this pivotal meeting, significant progress was made in uniting Northern and Sub-Saharan Africa under a single cohesive Pan-African umbrella.
- Third Pan Africanism Today Conference: Winneba, Ghana – 2018
- This marked the culmination of significant and ongoing progress in the development of the Pan African project. For the first time, numerous diverse organisations with substantial support came together to collaboratively formulate a unified analysis of the current situation and commit to the collective and strategic advancement of the Pan African Project. The key decision at this crucial conference was that our work must evolve to operate effectively at both the general and sectoral levels.
- Sub Saharan Africa Regional Dilemmas of Humanity Conference: Bela Bela South Africa – 2023
- This conference built on previous gatherings and again brought together movements and organisations from across Africa to discuss the continent’s challenges and opportunities. Held in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, it marked the first meeting among senior leaders of these organisations in many years. In developing a shared analysis, there was consensus that the struggle for dignity is fundamentally at odds with capitalism and imperialism. This led to a consensus that socialism is the common destination among the many, diverse organisations represented.
- International Dilemmas of Humanity Conference: Johannesburg, South Africa – 2023
- Building on the regional conference held months earlier, this International DoH conference brought together activists and leaders from popular organisations around the world to consider solutions to the challenges facing humanity. With participation from 130 organisations in 75 countries, and guided by the leadership and determination of the International Peoples’ Assembly, the conference unequivocally declared that the people must unite to put an end to the brutality of imperialism. In particular, the conference strongly expressed solidarity with the Palestinian people, who are bravely resisting a genocide carried out by Israel and its colonial allies.
- Solidarity with the peoples of the SAHEL:For Anti-imperialist unity, peace and friendship between peoples: Niamey, Niger – 2024.
- Following a series of coups in West Africa and in response to the strong popular support these coups received, we organised this conference to break the isolation of the peoples of the Sahel, who inhabit one of the most impoverished regions of the African continent and the world. The conference, organised alongside the West African Peoples Organisation, celebrated the withdrawal of Western military forces from the continent and drew inspiration from the widespread desire for sovereignty among the peoples. It noted the popular backing for the governments within the Alliance of the Sahel States. The event celebrated a new sense of patriotic and anti-neocolonial energy emerging from this region. The conference aimed to amplify this patriotic spirit and the pursuit of self-determination as the foundation from which the next phase of African liberation struggles must emerge.