Kwame Nkrumah, Jomo Kenyatta, Pan African Conference, Mäkonnen Wäldä-Mika'él, and 3 others

This red commemorative plaque records: Fifth Pan African Conference was held here 15th - 21st October 1945. Decisions taken at this conference led to liberation of African countries. Participants in this historic event included Ras Makonnen, Kwame Nkrumah, Jomo Kenyatta, Amy Garvey, W.E. Du Bois, George Padmore Recorded plaque organisation: Manchester City Council.

Kwame Nkrumah was the first president of Ghana and a key advocate for Pan-Africanism; Jomo Kenyatta was Kenya's founding father and first president after independence; both were influential participants at the Fifth Pan African Conference which played a crucial role in advancing the cause of African liberation. Ras Makonnen Wäldä-Mika'él, Amy Ashwood Garvey, George Padmore, and W.E.B. Du Bois were also key figures who contributed to the conference's discussions that significantly impacted the decolonization movements across Africa.