Quote of the day
Instead of causing us to remember the past like the old monuments, the new monuments seem to cause us to forget the future
Edward Wilmot Blyden
Born: August 3, 1832
Died: February 7, 1912 (aged 79)
Bio: 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 from the United States who migrated to the region.
Known for:
- Christianity, Islam and the negro race (1887)
- African Life and Customs (1908)
- West Africa before Europe
- From West Africa to Palestine (1873)