03768     2200373   4500001000600000011001400006100004100020101000800061102000700069110001600076200014100092210004400233215003900277300002300316326001500339330200800354461011002362463008102472606010302553606002402656606004502680606008602725606007902811606008202890606005502972606009103027606008203118700004703200801003803247801001403285830000803299856003203307856005503339104430 a2402-5895  a20230120a2015    m  y0frey50      ba0 aeng  aFR  amg|z|||||||1 aThe Funambulist N°32bNUMPfLéopold Lamberte Politics of Space and Bodies. e Politiques de l'espace et des corps. e Pan-Africanism  aParis cThe FunambulistdNov–Dec 2020  cCouv.Ill.Coul. a60 p.d21 x 29.5   aTextes en anglais   aBimestriel  aWelcome to the 32nd issue of The Funambulist. For once, we curated and coordinated its editorial line amongst the three of us (Caroline Honorien, Margarida Waco, and Léopold Lambert) in order to combine our perspectives on the topic.

Pan-Africanism is an issue dedicated to a political project that “maps onto Blackness” (Denise Ferreira da Silva) between the African Continent, the Afro Diaspora, and beyond; a project that can serve as a force and a reference for all people struggling against colonialism or neocolonialism. We begin its history with the Haitian Revolution (Annette Joseph-Gabriel), which strongly influenced the imaginary of those who, from Harlem to Accra to Dar es Salaam, have designed the dream of a political union (Amzat Boukari-Yabara). The struggle against European colonialism materialized Continental solidarity when it was not happening at the very core of the Empire itself (Ana Naomi de Sousa & Sónia Vaz Borges), while cultural and political festivals such as Panaf ’69 in Algiers (Sophia Azeb) or Festac ’77 in Lagos (Ntone Edjabe) ceremonialized it. Yet, Pan-Africanism is not a project of the past: it is fundamentally a project of the present and the future. Reading the Continent through its cities rather than its states can constitute one way to approach it (AbouMaliq Simone); another consists in strategizing towards an African federal state (Joao Gabriel). In the same spirit, we wanted to conclude the issue with a manifesto for Pan-African futures (Namata Serumaga-Musisi), which dialogues with the beautiful and vibrant cover drawn for us by Maya Mihindou.

As usual, our News from the Fronts section that opens each issue and complements the main dossier, includes articles reflecting on ongoing struggles. In this issue, Public Works Studio reports on the hardships experienced by the most precarious residents of Beirut after the August 4 explosion, and Arinjoy Sen applies a spatial politics reading to Hindu nationalist policies in India.  aLéopold LambertcParis dN°1 (Septembre 2015)tThe Funambulistuhttps://thefunambulist.net/x2402-5895  aLéopold LambertcParis tThe Funambulistx2402-5895dNov–Dec 2020vN°32  aPan-Africanism and Global BlacknessxPanafricanisme et identité noire à l’échelle mondiale  aFESTAC '77 in Lagos  aPan-African CitiesxVilles panafricaines  aPANAF'69 & Black Panthers in Algiers xPANAF’69 et les Black Panthers à Alger  aManifesto for Pan-African futures xManifeste pour des futurs panafricains  aHaitian revolutionary imaginaries xImaginaires révolutionnaires haïtiens  aUnited States of Africa xÉtats-Unis d’Afrique  aFrom Harlem to Accra to Dar Es Salaam xDe Harlem à Accra, jusqu’à Dar es Salaam  aHouse of the students of the Empire xLa maison des étudiants de l’Empire  4Rédacteur en chef  aLambertbLéopold  0aFRbFR-751131015c20230120gAFNOR 0aTNb32Bis  aABA4 uhttps://thefunambulist.net/4 uhttps://thefunambulist.net/magazine/pan-africanism