Who owned hawaii before the us did?

Hawaii was its own independent nation under rule of a monarchy it was later forcefully annexed because of suggestions from people such as Dole so they could gain more sales in the US

Hawii was an independent kingdom before being taken over by the united states

The  pan-african movement  was an "emotional, cultural, psychological and ideological  movement  that began among the  african  dispora in the western hemisphere, for a closer  purpose, so that  african  people could feel secure, attain political, economic as well as psychological power visa vis other races or world regions" .