“Pan-Germanism, Pan-Asianism, Pan-Africanism”: Three ethnic unification movements from the 20th century examined, compared and contrasted

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African Studies (MA)

Scheelings, Jochem (2021)

“Pan-Germanism, Pan-Asianism, Pan-Africanism”: Three ethnic unification movements from the 20th century examined, compared and contrasted

Master thesis | African Studies (MA)

This thesis provides an analysis of three marginal historical movements from the inter-war period in the 20th century; German neocolonialism, Japanese Pan-Asianism and Pan-Africanism. All three movements represent trends that present alternative views of the dominant ideologies of the century which they were ultimately suppressed by with the onset of the Second World War. Based on what documentation they left behind however, a model can be constructed that attempts to explain how these movements could have survived or otherwise have seen a resurgence in the absence of global liberalism and communism. Alternative histories found in video games, such as the popular Hearts of Iron IV expansion made by its (non-academic) community The New Order: Last Days of Europe provide an opportunity to put this model into practice, but the shortcomings in its existing narrative regarding Africa must first be addressed.