Africa in Black Liberation Activism

This book analyzes three of the most accomplished twentieth century black diaspora activists: Malcolm X, Stokely Carmichael and Walter Rodney. All began their careers in the Diaspora and later turned toward Africa. This became the foundation for developing and solidifying a global force that would advance the struggles of Africans and people of African descent in the Diaspora. Adeleke explores this "African-centered" discourse of resistance which informed the collective struggles of these activists. The book illuminates shared attributes and differences, presenting these men as unified by a struggle against, and resistance to, shared historical and cultural challenges.

Tunde Adeleke is Professor and the Director of the African and African American Studies Program at Iowa State University, USA.

Introduction: Africa and the Black American Struggle: Historical Contexts 1. Malcolm X: Africa and the Struggle for Black Empowerment 2. Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture): Existentialist African 3. Walter A. Rodney: Guerilla Intellectual Conclusion: "Sine Qua Non": Mother Africa