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Pan-African Freedom Movement of East and Central Africa (PAFMECA)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

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PAFMECA was formed at a conference held in Mwanza, Tanganyika, from September 16 to 18, 1958, for the purpose of coordinating regional activities toward the achievement of independence for territories in East and Central Africa. The conference, which was attended by representatives of political parties from Kenya, Nyasaland, Tanganyika, Uganda, and Zanzibar, considered the following issues: 1) the position of those present toward (a) the non-African minorities in Kenya, Tanganyika, and Uganda, and (b) the Central African Federation (Nyasaland, Northern Rhodesia, and Southern Rhodesia); 2) methods for achieving coordinated action among the nationalist movements in East and Central Africa and for pooling resources in a concerted drive against imperialism; and 3) the development of a fundamental philosophic creed for the emergent African nations.

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International Organizations: Summary of Activities: II. Political and Regional Groupings in Africa
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International Organization , Volume 16 , Issue 2 , Spring 1962 , pp. 446 - 448
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Copyright © The IO Foundation 1962

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References

50 “Pan-African Conference,” Africa Digest, 11–12 1958 (Vol. 6, No. 3), p. 90–91Google Scholar; and Kiano, Gikonyo, “The Pan-African Freedom Movement of East and Central Africa,” Africa Today, 09 1959 (Vol. 6, No. 4), p. 11–14Google Scholar.

51 “East Africans Call for Self-Government,” Africa Special Report, 09 1959 (Vol. 4, No. 9), p. 2Google Scholar.

52 “Embryonic Alliance Emerges at PAFMECSA Conference,” Africa Report, 03 1962 (Vol. 7, No. 3), p. 14Google Scholar; and “Lagos and Addis Ababa Conferences,” Asia & Africa Review, 03 1962 (Vol. 2, No. 3), p. 6–7Google Scholar.

53 See The Future of East African High Commission Services: Report of the London Discussion, 06 1961, London, H.M.S.O., Cmnd. 1433Google Scholar.