Benito Sylvain

Benito Sylvain (born '''Marie-Joseph Benoît d'Artagnan Sylvain'''; 21 March 1868 – 3 January 1915) was a Haitian journalist, diplomat, lawyer. He also participated and organized the 1900 Pan-African Conference and was a close friend of W.E.B Dubois.

Sylvain pathed the connection between Afro-descendants and Africans and became a representative for these groups that were colonized by France. He is arguably considered to be a pioneer of Pan-Africanism. Provided by Wikipedia