Panhellenic vs. PanAfrican
Panhellenic (or Pan-Hellenic) literally means “all-Greek”. It comes from the Greek roots pan- (“all”) and Hellenic (“Greek”).
The National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) was officially organized on May 10, 1930 at Howard University in Washington, D.C. It serves as the umbrella organization for the historically African American fraternities and sororities known collectively as the Divine Nine
Pan-Africanism is a worldwide movement and ideology designed to unify people of African descent, strengthen bonds of solidarity, and eliminate the legacy of colonialism and racial discrimination. It posits that the African continent and the global diaspora share a common history and a linked destiny.
+1 Modern Pan-Africanism emerged around the turn of the 20th century. Its institutional history officially began in 1900 when Henry Sylvester-Williams organized the First Pan-African Conference in London, followed by the First Pan-African Congress led by W.E.B. Du Bois in 1919
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