THE FIFTH PAN-AFRICAN CONGRESS - Until 12.09.15

Posted: Jul, 28th 2015 Contributor: Bilen Shifferaw,

Autograph ABP
Exhibition 16 July - 12 September 2015

THE FIFTH PAN-AFRICAN CONGRESS

Autograph ABP

The first exhibition showing John Deakin’s photographs of the Fifth Pan-African Congress as a body of work. The Fifth Pan-African Congress took place in Manchester in October 1945, five months after the end of the Second World War. The Congress demanded that European powers liberate hundreds of millions of Africans living under colonial rule, and passed radical measures condemning imperialism, racial discrimination and capitalism.

This exhibition is supported using public funding by Arts Council England. The Fifth Pan-African Congress is produced in collaboration with Hulton Archive, a division of Getty Images, who own the Picture Post archive.