It seeks to promote the ideals of Pan-Africanism in an environment which fuels discussion and realistic ideas to promote a better Africa. The Neo Pan African Conference is a three-day annual event to promote dialogue on Pan- African related issues. It seeks to promote the ideals of Pan-Africanism in an environment which fuels discussion and realistic ideas to promote the better Africa Agenda. The
conference is the brainchild of Bernard Botchway and other like-minded friends. The CSC African Students Association and Colby-Sawyer College are the convening organizations. This has enabled the conference to create a strong academic background and basis to the ideals and passions which are contained in Pan-Africanism. The vision of the conference is to reach thousands of people over the next decade through an annual gathering that educates, inspires and connects a generation to a shared concern for the African on the continent and in the diaspora. In the fight against imperial colonial rule, African leaders who led the charge adopted the ideology of pan-Africanism. This involved using the resources and abilities available in that day and age to fight colonialism and restore faith in the abilities of the African. This was very effective as they made full use of the resources available to them. Kwame Nkrumah warned of another form of colonialism that might enslave Africa if it failed to unite and “realize it’s no longer a colonial but a free and independent people”. He called this new form of rule neo-colonialism. He mentioned that the western world would use the resources available to it to reassert its dominance over the continent. For years pan-Africanist has tried to use the pan-Africanism of the 1940’s to 6’s to fight neo-colonialism. This needless to say has had very little impact on the fight against neo-colonialism, Hence the need for Neo-Pan-Africanism. Neo-Pan-Africanism is use of 21st century resources to achieve the aims of pan-Africanism taking into account the changes that have occurred in Africa and the African over the decades. It recognizes the greater influence of African and Diasporan relations.
