Black political movements grew from individual into communal consciousness

Evidence

In the same period up to the 1930s, public awareness of the plight of peoples of African descent grew as Black cultural movements, including the Harlem Renaissance in the United States, gained recognition. The Black Consciousness Movement likewise evolved as one of the most influential anti-apartheid movements in South Africa, a dire response to the delays in negotiations for independence between Africans and the Boers in the country. This built up from Pan-Africanism in the diaspora to the Black-consciousness movements in Africa, culminating in the political agitation that spread across Africa post-World War II. Most important to note is how individual consciousness grew into the ideals and promotion of a communal and state consciousness in line with Plato’s philosophy that, for gainful development, an individual’s education and consciousness must always be of benefit to their communities in order to promote a shared community identity. — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 951