| LC control no. | no2005072810 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Farnana, Panda, 1888-1930 |
| Variant(s) | Farnana, Paul Panda, 1888-1930 Farnana, Mfumu Paul Panda, 1888-1930 |
| Associated country | Congo (Democratic Republic) |
| Associated place | Belgium France |
| Birth date | 1888 |
| Death date | 1930-05-12 |
| Place of birth | Zemba-lez-Moanda (Congo) |
| Field of activity | Pan-Africanism |
| Affiliation | Athénée Royal d'Ixelles Union congolaise |
| Profession or occupation | Agriculturists Intellectuals |
| Found in | Panda Farnana, 2005: t.p. (Panda Farnana, 1888-1930) p. 2 (Paul Panda Farnana) p. 4 of cover (Mfumu Paul Panda Farnana, premier universitaire du pays [RDC] et intellectuel engagé dans la cause des Noirs) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed January 27, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Farnana, M'fumu Paul Panda; pan-africanist; born 1888 in Zemba-lez-Moanda, Congo, Democratic Republic of the; attended secondary school at the Athénée Royal d'Ixelles in Belgium; graduated from horticultural and agricultural school at Vilvoorde, Belgium (1907); studied at an institute for tropical agriculture at Nogent-sur-Marne in France; acted as an advocate for Congolese people and Africans living under European colonial rule; in February 1919 he attended the First Pan-African Congress held in Paris and met the legendary black American activist and writer W. E. B. Du Bois; remained active in promoting the interests of Africans after 1921, his hard work lobbying for a memorial for African soldiers came to pass on 11 July 1927 with his old war comrades the Union Congolaise; died 12 May 1930 in Democratic Republic of the Congo) |
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