Edward Wilmot Blyden , the father of pan-Africanism, was an educator, writer, diplomat, and politician primarily in Liberia.Born in the West Indies, he joined the free black immigrants to the region from the United States; he also taught for five years in the British West African colony of Sierra Leone in the early 20th century.His writings on pan-Africanism were influential in both colonies, which were started during the slavery years for the resettlement of free blacks from the United States and Great Britain.His writings attracted attention in the sponsoring countries as well. ---Image-Copyright-and-Permission--- About the author(s): Dalton and Lucy, Booksellers to the Queen License: Public domain ---Image-Copyright-and-Permission--- This channel is dedicated to make Wikipedia, one of the biggest knowledge databases in the world available to people with limited vision. Article available under a Creative Commons license Image source in video

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