George Padmore

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George Padmore was a Trinidad-born Pan-Africanist, journalist, and leading anti-colonial activist who played a key role in organizing and ideologically shaping African independence movements in the mid-20th century.

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George Padmore canonical 5
George William Padmore 1

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instanceOf Pan-Africanist
anti-colonial activist
human
journalist
advisorTo Kwame Nkrumah
birthName Malcolm Ivan Meredith Nurse
burialPlace Osu Cemetery, Accra, Ghana
causeOfDeath liver disease
co-organizerOf Pan-African Congress
surface form: Fifth Pan-African Congress
countryOfCitizenship Trinidad and Tobago
dateOfBirth 1903-06-28
dateOfDeath 1959-09-23
educatedAt Howard University
Trinidad Government Training College
fieldOfWork African politics
anti-imperialism
honouredIn George Padmore Research Library on African Affairs
ideology Pan-Africanism
socialism
influenced George Padmore self-linksurface differs
surface form: George William Padmore

Jomo Kenyatta
Kwame Nkrumah
Nnamdi Azikiwe
languageOfWorkOrName English
locationOfActivity Soviet Union
United Kingdom
United States of America
West Africa
memberOf Communist Party USA
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
movement Pan-Africanism
anti-colonialism
name George Padmore self-link
notableFor influencing African independence leaders
organizing Pan-African networks in Europe and Africa
notableWork Africa and World Peace
How Britain Rules Africa
Pan-Africanism
surface form: Pan-Africanism or Communism?
occupation journalist
political activist
writer
placeOfBirth Arouca, Trinidad and Tobago
placeOfDeath London, England
surface form: London, United Kingdom
positionHeld head of the Negro Bureau of the Communist International
residence Hamburg
London, England
surface form: London

Moscow
role ideologue of African independence movements
workedWith Kwame Nkrumah

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Pan-Africanism hasNotableProponent George Padmore
Kwame Nkrumah influencedBy George Padmore
George Padmore name George Padmore self-link
George Padmore influenced George Padmore self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: George William Padmore
Pan-African Congress hasParticipant George Padmore