Pan-African Congress

For South African political party, see Pan Africanist Congress of Azania.

The Pan-African Congress (PAC) is a regular series of meetings that originally took place on the back of the Pan-African Conference held in London, England, in 1900.

The Pan-African Congress first gained a reputation as a peacemaker for decolonization in Africa and in the West Indies, and made a significant advance for the Pan-African cause. Among the group's primary demands from the outset was the cessation of colonial rule and racial discrimination. The Congress opposed imperialism and called for human rights and economic equality. The manifesto issued by the PAC outlined its political and economic demands for a new global context of international cooperation, emphasizing the necessity to tackle the challenges Africa faced due to widespread European colonization.

Congresses have taken place in 1919 in Paris (France); 1921 in Brussels (Belgium), London and Paris; 1923 in Lisbon (Portugal) and London; 1927 in New York City (United States); 1945 in Manchester (England); 1974 in Dar es Salaam (Tanzania); 1994 in Kampala (Uganda); and 2014 in Johannesburg (South Africa).

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