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W.E.B. Du Bois: It is possible that France, with her great heart, may welcome a Black France,--an enlarged Senegal in Africa; but it…

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It is possible that France, with her great heart, may welcome a Black France,--an enlarged Senegal in Africa; but it would seem that eventually all Africa south of twenty degrees north latitude and north of the Union of South Africa should be included in a new African State.
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W.E.B. Du Bois

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Du Bois envisions a unified African state that includes various regions of Africa, reflecting his aspirations for Pan-Africanism.

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