Reasons for the growth of the PAM between 1945-1963.

1. Racial awareness.

2. Common colonial problems.

3. The role of Western education.

4. The role of the press.

5. The Italo Ethiopian crisis,

6. The emergence of USSR.

7. The need to raise the black man's dignity.

8. The need to revive African culture.

9. The role of the 1941 Atlantic Charter.

10. The impact of the 2nd World War.

11. The ideals of the UNO.

12. The formation of the O.A.U.

13. The role of an indigenous Pan African base in Ghana." The system of Congresses.

14. Funding from rich black Negroes in the Diaspora.

National Movements and New States in Africa