Edward Wilmot Blyden
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Edward Wilmot Blyden

c 1860s, London
Personal information
Birth date3 August 1832
Place of birthSaint Thomas (now Virgin Islands)
Date of death7 February 1912(age 79)
Death placeFreetown, Sierra Leone
NationalityCreole, Americo-Liberian
Other namesEddy, Ed
Occupationeducator, writer, diplomat, politician
Known for"Father of Pan-Africanism"
Liberian ambassador and politician
ReligionChristian
SpouseSarah Yates
PartnerAnna Erskine
ChildrenPay'ton Blyden

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Edward Wilmot Blyden (3 August 1832 � 7 February 1912) was a Sierra Leone Creole and Americo-Liberian educator, writer, diplomat, and politician in Liberia and Sierra Leone. Because Blyden was an intellectual force in both Liberia and Sierra Leone, historians regard him as both a Sierra Leone Creole and an Americo-Liberian.

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Pan-Africanism

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ConceptsUnited States of Africa * Afrocentrism * Kwanzaa * Pan-African colours * Pan-African flag * Négritude * African nationalism * African socialism * African Century * Africanization * Kawaida * Ujamaa * Harambee * Ubuntu * Zikism * Black nationalism
OrganizationsAfrican Union * Organization of African Unity * Uhuru Movement * UNIA-ACL * African Unification Front * International African Service Bureau



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