Closing remarks by His Excellency Osagyefo Dr. Kwame N’Krumah President of the Republic of Ghana African renaissance and Unity a reality Your Imperial Majesty, Mr Chairman Your Excellences, Brothers and friends, We have come to the end of a historic and momentous Conference. The decisions we have taken here have made African Unity a reality and we can see clearly a Union Government of Africa in the horizon. This is the goal which we set ourselves when we struggled in our separate States for independence. It is also the compelling force which brought us together in Addis Ababa. As I have said over and over again, the independence of our separate States is meaningless unless the whole of Africa becomes free and united. The resolutions we have made here are a symbol of our determination to become united and to remain united in an African Community with common aspirations and common objectives. Freedom Fighters in all parts of our Continent can now be assured that they are not alone in their struggle. The whole weight and power of a united Africa is behind them. After centuries of colonial exploitation and domination Africa has been reborn. We have discovered our common identity, a force with which we can re-assert our African personality. We shall from now on think, plan and work together for the progress and development of our great Continent. In this way, we shall eliminate completely the handicaps, setbacks and humiliation we have suffered under colonialism and imperialism. We should be happy that at long last by the adoption of this Charter we have seen the end of the various groupings and regional blocs. It only remains for me, Your Majesty, on behalf of my colleagues and myself, to convey to the Government and people of Ethiopia especially to His Imperial Majesty, my sincere expression of gratitude for a happy and memorable stay in Addis Ababa. To conclude, I would like to read to you a short poem, a tribute to Ethiopia, just composed by a Ghanaian poet. Ethiopia shall rise Ethiopia, Africa’s bright gem Set high among the verdant hills That gave birth to the unfailing Waters of the Nile Ethiopia shall rise Ethiopia, land of the wise; Ethiopia, bold cradle of Africa’s ancient rule And fertile school Of our African culture; Ethiopia, the wise Shall r ise And remould with us the full figure Of Africa’s
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