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We must unite now or perish

Yonela Boya — Thu, 14 Feb 2019 10:45:16 +0000

“We must unite now or perish… We must recognise that our economic independence resides in our African union and requires the same concentration upon the political achievement.” These are words uttered by ancestor Kwame Nkruma in his speech at the founding of the Organisation of Afrikan Unity (OAU) in 1963. I begin writing this essay [...]

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Every Black person needs to watch this

Consciousness Admin — Fri, 16 Mar 2018 13:32:38 +0000

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Behold ,an extension of change

Xolani Mthombeni — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 16:57:04 +0000

Pan- Africanism is the most efficient and progressive ideology that is not only a propellant towards edifying a sense of tolerance among fellow citizens within the continent, it is also a vital receptacle of a body of principles, enabling us to embrace and understand the diversity of our dispersion. On the other hand, a lack [...]

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Memo to the OAU submitted by Malcolm X

Consciousness Admin — Wed, 31 Dec 2014 00:09:24 +0000

Source: http://www.panafricanperspective.com The Organization of Afro-American Unity has sent me to attend this historic African Summit Conference as an observer to represent the interests of 22 million African-Americans whose human rights are being violated daily by the racism of American imperialists. The Organization of Afro-American Unity has been formed by a cross section of America’s [...]

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Kwame Nkrumah: I Speak of Freedom (1961 Speech)

Consciousness Admin — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 23:56:47 +0000

Source: http://www.panafricanperspective.com For centuries, Europeans dominated the African continent. The white man arrogated to himself the right to rule and to be obeyed by the non-white; his mission, he claimed, was to “civilise”Africa. Under this cloak, the Europeans robbed the continent of vast riches and inflicted unimaginable suffering on the African people. All this makes [...]

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The History of Pan Africanism

Consciousness Admin — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 23:18:29 +0000

Source : http://www.padeap.net “Pan Africanism can be said to have its origins in the struggles of the African people against enslavement and colonisation” Dr Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem (Pan Africanism: Politics, Economy and Social Change in the Twenty-first Century) And this struggle may be traced back to the first resistance on slave ships – rebellions and suicides [...]

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