Edward Wilmot Blyden
Liberian politician
Born on: August 3, 1832Died on: February 7, 1912
Aged: 79 years 188 days (954 months)
Nationality: Liberian
Birth Sign: Leo
Edward Wilmot Blyden was an Americo-Liberian educator, writer, diplomat, and politician who was primarily active in West Africa. Born in the Danish West Indies, he joined the waves of black immigrants from the Americas who migrated to Liberia.
Blyden became a teacher for five years in the British West African colony of Sierra Leone in the early twentieth century.
His major writings were on pan-Africanism, which later became influential throughout West Africa, attracting attention in countries such as the United States as well.
His ideas went on to influence the likes of Marcus Garvey, George Padmore and Kwame Nkrumah.
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