Why did the idea of Pan-Africanism develop? A. African Americans were not spread out throughout the United States. B. African Americans believed that Africans were culturally primitive. C. Racism was declining in the American South, and African Americans had more political power. D. African Americans were becoming aware of a shared culture with Africans.
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D. African Americans were becoming aware of a shared culture with Africans.
The idea of Pan-Africanism developed because African Americans and others of African descent in the diaspora were starting to recognize and cultivate an awareness of a shared culture and historical background with Africans on the African continent. This sense of shared identity and commonality stemmed from the transatlantic slave trade and the subsequent experiences of displacement and struggle of African people. As they confronted racism, colonialism, and the legacies of slavery, African-descended people throughout the world began to identify with one another, supporting the emergence of Pan-Africanism as a movement to unite African nations and people of African descent globally for their mutual benefit and to combat these systematic challenges.