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United States of Africa: A Wishful Thinking?!
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The African Union has set for itself the ambition of building, by the year 2025: “A united and integrated Africa; an Africa imbued with the ideals of justice and peace; an inter-dependent and virile Africa determined to map for itself an ambitious strategy; an Africa underpinned by political, economic, social and cultural integration which would restore to Pan-Africanism its full meaning; an Africa able to make the best of its human and material resources, and keen to ensure the progress and prosperity of its citizens by taking advantage of the opportunities offered by a globalised world; an Africa engaged in promoting its values in a world rich in its disparities”. As African leaders converge in Accra, Ghana for the 2007 African leaders Summit, Libya’s Colonel Muammar Gaddafi is championing the idea of a ‘United States of Africa’, but many African leaders in Accra, Ghana, are wary. Gaddafi was quoted as saying his vision is to wake up the African leader to unify our continent, describing himself as a “soldier for Africa,” He spoke to students at the University of Ghana on the eve of the summit, saying: “For Africa, the matter is to be or not to be.”
I want to say three things. First, yes, African countries should definitely unite. But an African ‘united states’ is not possible. Too much ego stands in the way, too many regional interests, and also outside interference would prevent it. Would the USA want to see a truly united Africa?
Would the leaders of northern African countries, [with the notable and admirable exception of President Ghadaffi], who admit to being African only when they need votes at the UN or for some other geo-political purposes, want a United Africa? I doubt it!! So let us be realistic and practical and think of a Federation of African States along the lines of the European Union. And we should get on with it now. Right now!!!
Current African leaders are far lesser men that the African leaders who fought for independence… Nyerere had the guts to invade Uganda to get rid of the homicidal maniac, Idi Amin.
Second, most of the current African leaders are far lesser men that the African leaders who fought for independence from colonialism; Zik of Africa, N’krumah, Nyerere, Kenyatta, to name just a few. Would these leaders stand by impotently, while Arab racists in Sudan rape black women and slaughter 200,000 black Africans? I repeat again, Nyerere had the guts to invade Uganda to get rid of the homicidal maniac mass murderer Idi Amin.
I have nothing but contempt for most of today’s African leaders who specialize in getting rich, attending international conferences and making fine speeches - the blood of the victims of the Darfur holocaust is also on their hands as because they won’t intervene overtly or covertly to save their black brothers and sisters.
Third, I want to point out what we ALL know, but do not speak about. The continent of Africa is the richest continent on planet earth with oil, gas, minerals and brilliant hard-working people. So why are the millions of ordinary people of
Africa the poorest, sickest, most hungry and diseased folks on the face of our Earth? Every right-thinking, moral and proud African must declare personal war against this present situation. Otherwise we will continue to remain poor and miserable while making the rest of the people on earth, including those who have nothing but scorn and even hatred of us, rich. Surely, surely surely, we are better than this?
In continuation, saying and doing are two different things; Kwame Nkrumah did not only pay lip service in the independence speech of Ghana, he also went a long way to walk the walk. How many African leaders after him were ready to shelve their countries interest for all of Africa? Nkrumah was accused of serving the interests of Africa to the detriment of Ghana, but at the end of the day it did benefit the whole continent.
In this day and age where we as Africans cannot draw a line between where skin colour, ethnicity, religion and culture end and where Africanism and so-called hypocrisy of democracy begins, unity will continue to elude us.
“TYRANNY’ & “CORRUPTION” are barriers to African unity and any effort at continental unity must tackle these evils.
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pamelastitch | Jul 2, 2007 | Reply
Ugo,
You beat me to it again!! One day, you go see…..
I think a united states of Africa is completely UNREALISTIC. Africans in everyday life are not united and are ALWAYS trying to push their own personal agendas. Trust me. I speak from experience here.
Moreover, i do not feel comfortable with that idea,considering that the west looks more favorably towards certain african countries rather than others before you know it, with the power they have, they will start enforcing their own language, structures, custom on the rest of africa that does not have such a positive image or can i say likability or maybe i should say the great ability to suck up!!!
Another thing is that each region has their own united form, down south you have SADC, west you have the ECOWAS and another one i forget, i know the northern and Eastern African countries have their own too which have been completely ineffective in their region. Before we start talking about uniting anything, let us see if we can get these unified forms to work.
Another thing that needs to be handled before this United States of Africa talk is one of reconciliation. Almost every African country has gone through a war in which genocide took place and very few african countries have gone forward to talk about reconciliation and deal with the aftermath. A lot are still enjoying the SPOILS of these wars. Before, we talk about Unifying Africa, let’s us start with unifying ourselves around our individual countries. Let us Deal with that.
I think our main concern now rather than this united states of africa stuff, should be ensuring that each person in each region of africa can meet their basic needs such as food, shelter, that our social services sector is fully functional.
Another thing, is that I DO NOT TRUST ANY AFRICAN LEADER. SORRY!!!
take care,
pammy
Benin | Jul 2, 2007 | Reply
Ugo:
Very well written. However, I would disagree with you on one issue that you raised here. This would be the statement that you made about today’s leaders in Africa being less men than the crop that you mentioned. Nkrumah, Nyerere, Kenyatta, and Zik. With the exception of Zik, whom I am not knowledgeable about, each of the men that you mentioned were great, but came with their own set of flaws. Nkrumah no doubt was one of the greatest minds of the last century and he is a big part of the reason that the OAU of the past and today’s AU are even on our minds, yet he tried to dismantle the royal stools (the kingdoms namely in the Asante and Fanti kingdoms which belong to the larger Akan family) in Ghana-which go back for nearly a millenia so that the state could sit high above the various clan heads. Nyerere was a genius, actually he did not have a corrupt bone in his body-I think that his greatest achievement was making Swahili a national language in Tanzania because it seems to have greatly reduced tribalism in TZ, yet his socialist leanings prevented the country from producing wealth. And Kenyatta, here was another great man, a fearless leader who was the glue that held Kenya together-he also like his neighbor in Tanzania made Swahili a national language-in Kenya, but he failed to leave behind a working blueprint or system to continue building upon the tremendous succeses that he had spearheaded for the country. Instead of such a blueprint we got Moi, who was Kenyatta’s right hand man in the founding administration and went on to almost single handedly bankrupt the whole nation.
Now today, there are good leaders on the African continent-look at Mr. Festus Mogae of Botswana-who helped to engineer one of the world’s greatest national economic turnarounds-where before his administration the country was known just as a barren desert-but today it has one of the highest credit ratings in the world and its people enjoy a standard of living that a large percentage in China would envy-and with all of that success he still does his own grocery shopping!
Then we could swing up and around to Liberia and take a look at the President Mrs. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf. She has to be one of the best presidents that the world has seen in this new millennium-bringing about reconciliation, fiscal prudence, and in attracting Liberians in the Diaspora back to the country to re-invest. Her administration is very organized and I hear that one of the first official budget cuts that she made, in order to restore order and surplus to invest in infrastructure, was her own salary!
But there are more stellar presidents on the continent-I cant go into detail on all of them, but I think Ghana, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, Senegal, Mali, Cameroon, Mauritius, Tunisia, and a few others all have strong leadership that has been getting the job done.
But back to the main part of the argument, where we agree is that it would be beneficial for such a union and that a federation would be very practical. I agree and also think that the trade/political blocs that already exist on the continent have been doing terrific work. Given a few more years they might actually be able to accomplish regionally what the AU is proposing to do continentally, so I think that the plan should be to scale those blocs into a single body-as opposed to creating one state. Because my understanding, especially of the East Africa Community is that in the practical sense Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, and now Rwanda and Burundi plus South Sudan are already beginning to think like one single national organism-they are sharing a regional stock exchange, they have or are working on easy entry restrictions so that citizens of any of these countries can pass freely throughout each EAC country without a visa, and they also are building a common judicial-businesses in each nation are already beginning to benefit from the increased exposure to new markets.
Outside of that one ECOWAS and SADC seem to be really prominent, as well-What. One of the things that I like about ECOWAS is the leadership role that they take with them to members facing military challenges.
As far as one state, I guess the jury is still out on whether 53 or 52 member nations (if you count Morocco’s withdrawal due to the AU reconizing Morroco’s nation-”Western Sahara” as a sovereign nation)could all put their ego’s aside long enough to steer this Union vehicle on a straight path. But I will say that they have passed their first test- agreeing on the official language of the AU(Swahili) with flying colors.
pamelastitch | Jul 3, 2007 | Reply
There you go…with your last sentence…..why should swahili be the official language of the au?? Swahili is not spoken by any west or northern african or even any southern african country…??
As i said, there is just way too many cases of “my own interest”……….
But your response was very well written….
Drima @ The Sudanese Thinker | Jul 3, 2007 | Reply
Pamela,
“Before, we talk about Unifying Africa, let’s us start with unifying ourselves around our individual countries. Let us Deal with that.
I think our main concern now rather than this united states of africa stuff, should be ensuring that each person in each region of africa can meet their basic needs such as food, shelter, that our social services sector is fully functional.”
Nicely said! I agree with you totally right there.
Benin,
nice to see you here. I agree with you about Mr. Festus Mogae. He’s someone I like and very much respect.
Ugo,
great post! It’s unpractical to form a United States of Africa. It will be superficial for the simple reason that Northern African countries like Egypt for example are way more Arab leaning than African.
One more thing which could be off-topic is this…
“while Arab racists in Sudan rape black women and slaughter 200,000 black Africans?”
It’s not as simple as Arabs Vs Africans. Believe me I know. I’m Sudanese. I recommend reading this post I published here at AfricanLoft. It will explain things better. There are too many misconceptions about Darfur.
http://www.africanloft.com/darfur-the-reality-the-agenda-and-the-proposed-solution/
Donald Thieme | Jul 3, 2007 | Reply
The idea of a United States of Africa is worthy of consideration, but I do believe that it will be found unrealistic in the long run. Indeed, the European Union has not yet succeeded and is an entity that unites less territory with fewer differences in terms of economic status than one finds in the African continent. I would not want to see African countries following a path which their former colonial masters are finding to be rough and rocky. Rather, I would hope that regional organizations and the overarching treaty arrangements made in the African Union will carry Africa to prosperity and cultural vitality throughout the 21st century.
Benin Mwangi | Jul 3, 2007 | Reply
Drima:
Thanks, nice to see you here too.
Pamela:
The reason that I referenced the Swahili piece is that the person who made the recommendation for that is a West African named Alpha Konare-from Mali he is the Secretariat of the AU. He suggested this language because it is a lingua franca-meaning that it is very widely spoken outside of Tanzania-which is the birth place of the lingua franca-in fact, the launage is comprised of Bantu languages -which span from southern Africa up into north Eastern Africa (as far north as the Sudan Ethiopia, Uganda border) And it is interspersed with Arabic, which is spoken in many of the contient’s northern most nations-as well as in the far western part of the continent. And I am not quite fluent in the language but am becoming proficient, but my wife who is fluent can hear Arabic and even some words from people in Botswana, Zimbabwe, and S. Africa as a result of her fluency in the language.
But you are right though, it is not the most widely spoken African language. I think that distinction would go to Hausa-but as you know it is confined to Nigeria and parts of Niger. That was why this language did not make it as the official tongue. Right now my understanding is that swahili is spoken by 50 million people and is used from the coast lines of Somalia down to the coastlines of Mozambique an as deep interior as western Congo. But you know what…thats just my 2 cents…and sorry if I have sidetracked the conversation a little bit, it wasnt my intent.
Ugo Daniels | Jul 4, 2007 | Reply
In as much as swahili is widely spoken by more Africans than any other language, it’ll still be a very difficult position to take and adds to the several factors militating against the creation of a US of Africa.
omodudu | Jul 4, 2007 | Reply
USAfrica.
Pros:
Stronger voice, military might, maybe bargaining economic power.
Cons:
Bundling of problems yet unresolved, distrust and the possibility of a hi-jack by the bigger countries.
Go to the ADB headquarters in Tunisia, you would think its a Nigerian national secretariat no wonder there is resentment from the francophone fellas. oops i should be writing this under a pseudo name. Who cares.
Ugo you are getting good at this thing keep it up, I am impressed.
Omotaylor | Jul 5, 2007 | Reply
Sorry Ugo, dont mean to throw the dampers here but we are yet to achieve a United States of Nigeria, talk less of United states of West Africa! Why? Ego, language, arrogance, greed, powermania, showoffs, complex (superior or inferior), and to say the least, the uncanny evil of oppression - all these are the cons
Ugo Daniels | Jul 5, 2007 | Reply
Actually, my dear, we’re on teh same boat here. I wasn’t advocating for the emergence of a US of Africa. I’m rather against it, cos the feasibility study is discouraging. Good point you raised about Nigeria, which is true, of course!
Benin Mwangi | Jul 5, 2007 | Reply
Hi Guys:
Just thought I’d drop in and say great arguments and analysis from everyone whose said something.
Also, it has been decided at the AU Summit which concluded on Tuesday Night that there will not be a US of Africa-at least not anytime soon, however it looks like they will be working towards a very tight federation building upon the 14 trade blocs in existance on the continent.
The main vocal opponents to the measure were Thabo Mbeki-South Africa, Mwai Kibaki-Kenya, Obasanjo-Nigeria, and Yoweri Musevini-Uganda. They did rebut with alternative courses of action and fortunately each nation will maintain its sovereign status and keep their own idividual flavors-while at the same time failures of the AU are being addressed and brought to the fold.
Continue in greatness!
Donald Thieme | Jul 5, 2007 | Reply
Benin: Thanks for that update. So Obasanjo was representing Nigeria at this AU Summit! Nigerians posting here may be surprised to find themselves agreeing with the former ruler in his finding that the US of Africa is not yet a practical goal.
Ugo Daniels | Jul 5, 2007 | Reply
It really beats me as to why Obasanjo should be representing Nigeria. I thought it was a forum for African leaders or are shareholders also involved…lol!
Omotaylor | Jul 5, 2007 | Reply
Agree with who? Not until he apologises for the troubles and problems caused. UgoD I understand how OBJ got to represent Nigeria then, it must have been labelled a “do or die” summit! By the way, I no be Ame, and in UK we dont often come across the word, and av often wondered what “lol” realy means before I use it.
Ugo Daniels | Jul 5, 2007 | Reply
Hahahaha, you’re very funny Omotaylor, lol means laugh out loud…kinda expressing what i’m doing at the moment
sokari | Jul 5, 2007 | Reply
It just died - surprise surprise!
On another note - what the heck was OBJ doing there! Maybe he and Yar’Adua are occupying the same body using some super juju to exchange their faces and voices!
pamelastitch | Jul 6, 2007 | Reply
First, thank you for your response, Benin!!! I wanted to learn Arabic but my dad said no!!
Ugo and Omo: Obasanjo is supposed to be retired right? Why is he still representing Nigeria!!
LOL!! at Sokari - you said it all!!
pammy
omodudu | Jul 6, 2007 | Reply
As impossible as it may sound. OBJ is actually regarded as leader in the Pan - Africa movement. That was before he became president. He was nominated to become the president of Africa’s foremost development bank, until the “folks from outside” said no way.
David McQueen | Jul 6, 2007 | Reply
The sad thing is that unity is a good goal to have.
Imagine an African Central Bank with non partisan.
Imagine trade blocs set up like OPEC to control the flow of oil, minerals,etc.
I dont have much hope for it myself and think more can be done in regions which share similarities like East Africa for example, but as a whole…nah, sorry, not with the current leadership we have
Omotaylor | Jul 7, 2007 | Reply
Ugo, hey you laugh at me for not knowing lol??? Guess what, I went round the office and asked at least 30 people the meaning of lol, only 2 knew, so ha ha ha, anyway now I will use it again and again.
David, I echo your submission
Overall, even from the submissions above, language barrier comes out clear as a threat to the U S of Africa, but this should not be so, The European Union, including the A8 countries was implemented and they all speak different langurages and have differing cultures! Could still be a possibility in the distant future. Let’s give it 300 more years.
OBJ is retired and should leave Nigeria well alone. I heard the governor of Ogun State, Gbenga Daniels said recently that he still holds his alegiance to OBJ and will consult him on all matters. What kind of talk is this? We better watch out for Politics from the farm, it could well be dangerous and a threat to Nigeria.
Kudos Yaradua for refusing to be a puppet on the string, hope you sustain this.
Asher | Jul 9, 2007 | Reply
As long as we till ave outposts of tyranny like th leaders of Zimbabwe,Mugabe and Ethiopia and Sudan,that unity is futile.
Nii Simmonds | Jul 10, 2007 | Reply
Hello Ugo,
Nice post. I just wrote about the same similar thoughts I had on my blog Nubian Cheetah.
http://nubiancheetah.blogspot.com/
odegle | Jul 11, 2007 | Reply
lets try to be less negative here. lets also try to understand the meaning of african unity. i dont think it will mean being one people as in oneness like a family. its not posible. even in EU or USA.
Again your arguments center sadly on the leaders. this has been the mistake most of Africans have made all along, that decisions are based on leaders and not institutions and goals. leaders will perish and so any idea based on a leader will definitely die
again, i get uncomfortable when pple refer to african leaders in this light. i dont think there is a species, or race or even tribe of people called african leaders. the men and women who end up as leaders in africa are just the common men and women in our neighborhood. they are friends, colleagues, brothers, sisters , uncles etc. in short they come from among us and as we say in LUO the rot of a fish can be foretold by looking at the head. what that means is that if we see the leaders are rotten and inept, it just shows what we the rest of africans are. its a manifestation. since we are the ones who elect and sustain them in office. even for the ones who got there through coups, we fought alongside them.
my take is that time is long over due for africans to take charge of their affairs and desist from blaming other people be they the west, the east the north or the leaders
one such african is 17 year old kamkwamba
read his story here http://williamkamkwamba.typepad.com/williamkamkwamba/
Drima @ The Sudanese Thinker | Jul 12, 2007 | Reply
Damn! This discussion is still going!
Pamela, I’d be glad to teach you Arabic.
As for unity, like I said, it’s not practical. Not yet… we’re still far from that.
pamelastitch | Jul 24, 2007 | Reply
YEP!! I AGREE…at Drima….my thoughts still stands…
pammy
Weldon | Jul 30, 2007 | Reply
It is really hard for us to form a state.Lets us solve our own problem in our country
Juergen Nagler | Sep 26, 2007 | Reply
100 years ago people said a European Union is completely unrealistic. 90 years ago Europeans killed each other in WWI, 60 years ago in WWII. And now?
If we can think of it, it is possible.
My friend is blogging about this, too: http://www.unitedstates4africa.org/
Best Juergen
http://www.business4good.org
Tomas | Oct 25, 2007 | Reply
This is an interesting debate - but why has it now stopped after only one month of follow-up? I agree and disagree with many of the author’s points in the above article but applaud him on briging all the issues into light. There is a North vs Sub Saharan divide and Sudanese government and the Janjaweed as*holes are killing by the day (quite literally!) any chance for reconciliation of this divide.
I do take issue with something that the author referenced - “Would the United States of America want to see a truly united Africa?” My reply - who cares!!!! Who cares what the Americans think of the prospect or the country’s actual existence. And the Chinese? Who cares again! In this day and age it is, let’s be honest, adapt or fade away into oblivion. Of course ‘they’ don’t want to see it but neither did Britain, France et al want to see 53 independent African nations!!!
Maybe this is the heart of the entire US of Africa issue - the concern over the “they.” And what ‘they’ think. I don’t need to remind anyone on this site that the ‘they’ have never had Africa’s best interest in mind.
The author and follow-up posts to this blog have referenced previous African leaders who guided their nation with true vision. Nyerere had his faults as a leader but let’s evaluate his vision as the only head of state to sincerely take a stand against Idi Amin. Where was the moral leadership from the West? Other African leaders? Lacking.
The point is let’s stop worrying what others think - African or not. If Africans believe it to be in the best interest then it will happen. For those that are against a USA like previous Nigerian leader Obassanjo + others - Africa will come around once the case for unity is made and fears about resource ownership, etc are alleviated.
For the next 50-100 years the world will be dominated by a handful of regional powers - why should Africa always be at the beck and call of the Chinese, the Europeans or the Americans! Forget it.
Who wants to join me in drafting a real pan-African constitution? Starting point is to take the NEPAD + AU constitutions and build on these!
Tomas at http://www.unitedstates4africa.org
shake spear | Feb 15, 2008 | Reply
I am an American so I am somewhat unfamiliar with most of the people that have been so despised and admired (Ghadaffi…the Libyan?…I hope that was a joke) but anyway…I am very pleased to see that there is a place for you all to meet and even discuss these types of political topics. It seems the same things that plague blacks here in the U.S. do indeed affect you there as well…only thing is our black leaders have duped us into believing it was the white man that was the cause for all the seperation between my people. It must have started with us way before slavery judging how all of you are getting along there. You have the same cravings for power and corrupt practices in your governors and leaders as we do. African-Americans (blacks) don’t get along here because of jealousy and not wanting someone else to succeed where they have not etc., too and I really find that amazing when I think of Africa on a larger scale. Rumour has it that Africans do not like black americans as if we are unpure or something…but maybe it is really jealousy we are picking up on. I really did not want to interject into this conversation being I am not from there. But as I have always (not like most of my american comrades) considered Africa my home and the home of all black americans. Whether they were of African descent directly or by way of JAmaica, Cuba, Dominica, Puerto Rico, Phillipines, wherever those damn ships dropped US off. I will continue to say your problems are our problems. I AM AFRICAN and I AM PROUD to be so. A lot of our blacks here try to be anything other than African descendants because they are embarrased by slavery and all the topics and arguments they bring up. So they claim to be some type of Indian heritage. Because the Indians here (who were walked upon as bad as African Slaves were), have been given that “40 acres and a mule” that we were also promised when we were set free by Lincoln. In other words Indians most of the time have casinos and money on their land now instead of meager existences. I wish I knew how to speak my language and knew where I was from. I am so interested in your country that I know if every black ccould take the same interest in your country as I do you would no longer be suffering there. You though seemingly are already taking on some of our “bad habits” and by this I mean Hip Hop will destroy your culture and kill your people in the long run just as it has here. I see your videos they are just as distateful as they are here. And one of you bastards killed Lucky Dube what the hell is with that? Just like we killed Biggie and Tupac. We do not deserve to be leaders of the world because in all of our pent up pride we all have to be first place and shine brighter than everyone else. Both there and here. And the white man knows this about us so he will always just sit back and laugh as we destroy ourselves and he steals all of our wealth out the back door. That’s how we started being slaves in the first place…and remain so. God says we must learn humility and that pride is the worst of all sins, we should all learn this.
Shake Spear !!!
Still Learning | Apr 15, 2008 | Reply
I just learned about Pan-Africanism. And of course I am American. I can not go into detail about Africa because I do not know any details. All I know is about American’s and their greed. So, the idea of the United States of Africa is horrifying. Black people in general are a strong culture and people mostly white people fear that strength. And to most greedy people strength in another must be destroyed, so they in turn can mask that strength to gain power.By uniting with America the African culture and black culture will be destroyed. Everything Americans touch have been destroyed or enslaved through the mind and or physicals.
Yes, we all know everyone came from Africa at some point and that we were all one people at on point. But our difference is what make us unique. I like the idea of traveling to a different country and seeing a different culture and seeing how their society functions. If America has its way there will be know more culture, just one world order. Slavery would happen all over again. Africa is and should be the riches country in the world because life and everything in it came from there. We all know the reason why it’s so poor now, because of western world view and zealots Anthropologist going over their and brain washing people into thinking that their way of living is all wrong. When in fact its not, its just different, but it was working for them at that time. Africa has most of the natural resources of every thing. All they need over there is less greedy people who have the knowledge of themselves and the way of the world to help themselves. What America does is take you away from your cultural mind set and impose their views to make you feel insecure or uplifted with there new words and technology (that they have all stolen) to change your views. Then they pacifier you with their supplies and make it easy for awhile, while slowly and systematically strip you of your way of living. Then they turn around and capitalize on your original way of living and charge you for it. Then comes their laws oh and don’t break them because then you go to jail. So, in the end your way of living, which usually isn’t broke, but now according to America it has been fixed and now taxed on or patent.
I said that to say this very simple thing that we all know, “you give a man a fish, he will eat for a day. You teach a man to fish, he will eat for a lifetime.” Also, “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”
Yes, Africa is broke now because Hundreds of years ago those new world seekers began there systematic break down of Africa, a long strategic plan that is now beginning to come to an end because their plan has worked. Black people need to come together as a whole rather people of all cultures should come together as a whole to uplift each other without bias and greed. But until then we as black people need to come together as a whole and systematically break down the greedy mans plan to ensure our children’s future.
Malcolm X, “I believe that a mental and cultural migration back to Africa, not necessarily a physical one, not at this point, but a mental and cultural migration back to Africa, which only means we reaffirm our bond with our brothers over there would help to Strengthen black people in America. Not only spiritually, but it would give us the incentive to solve some of our problems here at home.”
America and Black America first needs to fix themselves before they impose on other countries and try to so called fix them.
J. Tosin | Apr 30, 2008 | Reply
Sincerly only if my commments count, i would be very glad. The problem wit Africa, Nigeria as acase study, is BAD LEADERSHIP. I am assuring every one reading that only if GOOD LEADERS are put in place starting with that first, africa would be in place. A good leader would or should think of good policies that would be of benefits toits people. To start with POWERSUPPLY. Imagine a country that can not boast of a day of uninterrruped power supply and is thinking of INDUSTRIALISATION. As a political scientist i see noting wrong in UNITED AFRICA only if our ’so called leaders’ can go back home and something right. It is sadning that we are living a TERRIBLE LIFE with harsh and CRULE standard of living and we are talking of higher improvement UNITED AFRICA. Living alone as single countries our leaders are not thinking of the populace but themselves, then when we unite WOULDN’T THE POPULACE DIE OF HARDSHIP AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL?
Darek | May 22, 2008 | Reply
Unification {union} of Africa this {then} good idea, but you should this {then} make oneself, and not under dictation strange {foreign}, Jewish freemasonry, which tastes to create world line {government}, and promotes civilization of death
larry Eyong | Jul 14, 2008 | Reply
Afrcan Brothers and Sisters:
African Continental Unification is coming. And there is no power on earth to stop it. Africa is the superpower of the twenty-second century. There is no compelling argument that any naysayer has raised, that can convince any true beliver that African continental Unification is impossible. As William Murray of the Scottish Himalayan Expedition has said,”Until one is committed,there is hesitancy,the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of innitiative, there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never have occured. A whole stream of events issue from the decision raising in one’s favor all manners of unforseen incidents and meetings and material assistance which no man could have dreamed could come his way. I have learnt a deep respect for one of Goethe’s couplets: Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius power and magic in it”. Where there is a will there is always a way. We shall use German technology and Chinese labor to build magnetic levitation trains to link Cape Town and Cairo, and Mombassa and Dakar and all points within the continent. The national borders will become bridges to link people and promote intra-African trade. We will build machine tool industries to create employment for our youths so as to stem the tide of immigration that is draining the best brains from the continent. We Africans are the only people who have been enslaved. The humiliation of our plight is collective, it transcends tribes and national borders. …Nkrumah was right…African Must Unite…but we are ready to refine his though…seek ye your economic liberaton first…and all else will follow. If you want to see the power of Unity, look at the Euro as opposed to the Dollar. The African currency, the Afro is comming and will be the strongest currency in the world because it will be backed by 60% of the strategic resources ofthe world. In 2015 Africa will supercede the Middle East as the main supplier of oil to the United States. Our power will grow exponentially, because the whenever one says something is impossible, turn aroud and you will see happening. Who ever though that an American of African descent will be running for president of the US. African nations will stop being proxies in America’s superpower ambitions. Recently they have stationed thier troops at Camp Lemonier in Djibout and have used the base to bomb Somalia seven times in less than a year. That is unconscionable. A united African will proscrible the stationing of foreign military bases in the continent. When 800million African speak with one voice, the world must listen. One billion Chinese are represented by one ambassador in each country, whearas 800million africans are represented by 53 ambassodors. What a rabble! The nation-state is an anachronism. In the 21st century only continental nations matter. Africa must unite. Believe it as pefectly possible. God Bless the United African Nation will must come to be. Amen
Mouktar | Aug 29, 2008 | Reply
The only way to peace,lasting security and prosparity in Africa is war war on a continental scale. We can’t sing to unity we can’t dance to it nor can we pray into it.We must earn it through sweet blood and tears. Think about it every country on this Earth worth anything was forged and hardened through war and conquest. If Africa is truely to unite it will be at gun point. When I say gun point I don’t mean killing civilians no what I mean is there are currently intrenched interest who make a pretty penny off the disunity of the African people both on the continent and abroad any attempt on our part at unity will put us at odds with their interests. So you can bet that they will try there darnest to make sure African unity flops. We cannot simply hope that peace will come or ask politly of people like Robert Mugabe if they would like to play nicely and step down so that we can lead Africa into the future. Never in the history of the world has this kind of profound change occurred without bloodshed. Be realistic what we want here is to upset the established order like Mao said (im not communist though but this man showed some incredible incite at times) “Revolution is not a dinner party, not an essay, nor a painting, nor a piece of embroidery it cannot be advanced softly, gradually, carefully, considerately, respectfully, politely, plainly and modestly”. Like Mao we seek to overthrow the status quo. I have for quite some time understood this is what must be done my question the question that I struggle to put an answer to is where do we begin how can we hope to forge our new pan-Afrian movement in such a inhospitable climite of fear oppression (any suggestions would be apreciated). The one thing I do know is that the key to finding out lies within the African people.