Beyond the African Unification Debate: Why is Pan-African Unity Still a Distant Dream?
The idea of the Unification of Africa is not one that should be easily discarded. It is an idea, however, that has experienced major difficulties for those seeking to implement it. Originating in the African Diaspora, it was taken up by figures such as Kwame Nkrumah and Julius Nyerere. In its first...
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| description | The idea of the Unification of Africa is not one that should be easily discarded. It is an idea, however, that has experienced major difficulties for those seeking to implement it. Originating in the African Diaspora, it was taken up by figures such as Kwame Nkrumah and Julius Nyerere. In its first decades, the project of African unity was institutionalised in the Organization of African Unity. The OAU passed through many vicissitudes and was always a conceptual and political battleground divided between those who wanted swift and speedy unification of African states, and those who favoured more cautious approaches. In a period where the OAU has given way to the African Union, the authors make an impassioned plea for the continuation of the unification projection into the future, even if in a more sober manner more attuned to the complexities of a diverse continent.
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| spelling | doaj-art-53a3b5cfba9e40439bbaa34b8625abb22025-08-20T03:10:34ZengRussian Academy of Sciences, Institute for African StudiesУченые записки Института Африки Российской академии наук2412-57173034-34962019-02-0152152110.31132/2412-5717-2019-47-2-15-21Beyond the African Unification Debate: Why is Pan-African Unity Still a Distant Dream?Sengulo Albert MSELLEMU0Hamisi Mathias MACHANGU1Dar es Salaam University College of Education (DUCE), e-mail: msellemu@gmail.comDar es Salaam University College of Education (DUCE), e-mail: machangu@yahoo.com The idea of the Unification of Africa is not one that should be easily discarded. It is an idea, however, that has experienced major difficulties for those seeking to implement it. Originating in the African Diaspora, it was taken up by figures such as Kwame Nkrumah and Julius Nyerere. In its first decades, the project of African unity was institutionalised in the Organization of African Unity. The OAU passed through many vicissitudes and was always a conceptual and political battleground divided between those who wanted swift and speedy unification of African states, and those who favoured more cautious approaches. In a period where the OAU has given way to the African Union, the authors make an impassioned plea for the continuation of the unification projection into the future, even if in a more sober manner more attuned to the complexities of a diverse continent. https://africajournal.ru/wp-content/uploads/2019/2-2019/Msellemu-Beyond.pdfpan-africanismunitylootingcorruption |
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