THE RATIONALE BEHIND PAN-AFRICANISM IS NOT TO PROMOTE RACISM Pan-Africanism is an ideology and movement that encourages the solidarity of Africans worldwide. It is based on the belief that unity is vital to economic, social and political progress and aims to “unify and uplift” people of African descent. The ideology asserts that the fates of all African peoples and countries are intertwined. At its core Pan-Africanism is “a belief that African peoples, both on the continent and in the Diaspora, share not merely a common history, but a common destiny” Pan-Africanism stresses the need for a “collective self-reliance” Pan-Africanism exists as a governmental and grassroots objective as outlined by Pan-African leaders, such as Kwame Nkrumah, Muammar Gaddafi, Marcus Garvey, Malcolm X, W. E. B. Du Bois, Jomo Kenyatta, Martin Luther King Jr, Emperor Heil Selasie and others. Solidarity will enable self-reliance, allowing the continent’s potential to independently provide for its people to be fulfilled. Crucially, an all-African alliance will empower African peoples globally. The realization of the Pan-African objective would lead to “power consolidation in Africa”, which “would compel a reallocation of global resources. United, African nations will have the economic, political and social clout to act and compete on the world stage. As a philosophy, Pan-Africanism represents the aggregation of the historical, cultural, spiritual, artistic, scientific and philosophical legacies of Africans from past times to the present. Pan-Africanism as an ethical system traces its origins from ancient times, and promotes values that are the product of the African civilization and the struggles against slavery, racism, colonialism, and neo-colonialism. Kwadwo Boakye; I will never throw away the legacy of my predecessors, neither will I condemn it without alternative solution. I will rather modify it and go along with it. Whoever condemns the past without a clear alternative should pause and re-examine his/her stand. IF AN IDEOLOGY ENCOURAGES THE SOLIDARITY OF AFRICANS WORLDWIDE AND YOU CALL IT RACISM, SO BE IT. Thanks for your opinion. Cde Sibongile Gwacela, Okyerɛma Kwame Yeboah I
Posted on: Tue, 01 Apr 2014 10:53:45 +0000
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