Speeches in Global African History
(2009) Barack Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech, “A Just and Lasting Peace”
In December 2009, less than one year into his first term in office, President Barack Obama was given the Nobel...
(1964) Dr. Martin Luther King, “Receiving the Nobel Peace Prize”
On December 10, 1964, Dr. Martin Luther King became only the second African American (after Ralph Bunche) to receive the...
(1860) Frederick Douglass, “The Constitution of the United States: Is It Pro-Slavery or Anti-slavery?”
In a speech before the Scottish Anti-Slavery Society in Glasgow, Scotland on March 26, 1860, Frederick Douglass outlines his views...
(1950) Ralph Bunche, “Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech”
In 1950 Ralph Bunche, a political scientist by training and then an official of the United Nations, became the first...
(1993) Nelson Mandela, “Nobel Peace Prize Address”
In 1993 South African political activist Nelson Mandela shared the annual Nobel Peace Prize with South African President F.W. de...
(1962) Nelson Mandela, “Address at the Conference of the Pan-African Freedom Movement of East and Central Africa”
In January 1962, Nelson Mandela, the emerging leader of the South African campaign against apartheid, spoke at a convention of...
(1980) Samora Machel, “Transform the State Apparatus into an Instrument of Victory”
Samora Machel, the leader of the Mozambique Liberation Front and first president of independent Mozambique (1975-1986), was a Marxist-Leninist. In...
(1983) Samora Machel “Every Revolution is a Contribution to Marxism”
In the following address given in Berlin, East Germany on April 11, 1983 at celebrations marking the centennial of the...
(1949) Nnamdi Azikiwe Speaks at a Rally for Nigerian Independence at Trafalgar Square, London
In 1949 it was far from clear as to whether or when Great Britain would grant independence to Nigeria. Nonetheless...
