Edward Wilmot Blyden
Birthdate: August 3, 1832
Birthplace: Saint Thomas, Danish West Indies (Present-day U.S. Virgin Islands)
Date of Death: February 7, 1912
Occupation: Author, Educator, and Statesman
Profile: Regarded as the Father of pan-Africanism.
Website: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Wilmot_Blyden
Number of Quotes: 1
If you are not yourself, if you surrender your personality, you have nothing left to give the world. You have no pleasure, no
use, nothing which will attract and charm me, for by the suppression of your individuality, you lose your distinctive character.