Thank you very much Dr Pheko for this call to us Africans:-
You write:- “There must be huge investment in the education of Africa’s youth. Africa must prioritise and maximise the study of modern science and technology in all her institutions of learning……….. What Africa must do now is to acquire knowledge on a colossal scale…..” This is indeed is key part in the quest for total liberation. So Dr Pheko I was very disturbed in the “Matric Reform Policies” now being proposed in South Africa. What I consider reckless Officers in charge of Education in S.A., they have totally totally neglected Maths Education. They could even phase it out if they could it seems…….. This with the “Textbooks Scandal” in S.A..... The lowering to 30% of the Tertiary Level entrance mark, as a cover for the looting that was the book scandal; No country ever treated their children so shabbily, Dr Pheko. Will SA now abolish Maths Education? See Editorial: *Angie's matric reform migraine* - Mail & Guardian <http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CB8QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmg.co.za%2Farticle%2F2014-08-07-editorial-take-a-pill-angie-the-pain-will-pass&ei=FGoHVMKhCNDwgwS1l4CoBg&usg=AFQjCNHJP7y5MCvUa7NtUNoD1maRdbY4rQ&sig2=o_5Q4-ZZVYOQvbYcK5ZMFw&bvm=bv.74115972,d.eXY> Like you said Dr Pheko we need “Massive Education”. Present Leaders must be shaken out of the stupor they are in now !! Also critically, our populations must wake up. It is a task that requires commitment from us all. Thank you. Mitayo Potosi On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 11:00 AM, Min. Menelik, Ubuntu na Zulu (A Divine World Community)Support- http://www.wadupam.org/ <amene...@aol.com> wrote: > Asante Brother Dr. Pheko! May I circulate? > > Min. 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Pheko: "AFRICA IN THE NEXT FIFTY YEARS ARTICLE" > > > Dr. Pheko wants to share his views on how Africa must move forward. > Those of you who can download his attached word file will be able to see > the photos embedded in them by downloading the file and opening it with MS > Word. Some groups do not allow attachments so you will not be able to do > that; some groups images to show up in a document but if you receive a > digest in such a group you still will not see the images. > > If you are wish to see the images you could write to Dr Pheko and request > he sent his post directly to you. > > We are very grateful to Dr. Pheko for another insightful perspective on > our grand struggle to achieve our complete liberation all over the world. > It will certainly be useful in the period we are now facing it will help us > see the options we have capitulation to capitalist racists across the > world, or break our chains and the necks of our arch-criminal global > murderers. > > > Roy > > > *25.5.2014 51st Africa Liberation Day* > > * AFRICA IN THE NEXT FIFTY YEARS* > * DR. MOTSOKO PHEKO* > It is what African leaders do now and daily which will determine the place > of Africa in the next fifty years. Africa has already waited for fifty > years for present African leaders to implement the foundational principles > that the pioneers of Africa’s independence struggle laid down on 25th May > 1963. > If Africa has to wait for another 50 years to achieve her goal of economic > development and technological advancement; and rescue her people out of > poverty, ignorance, enslaving “foreign aid” and its deepening debts; it is > a sign that many present African leaders are subtly opposed to the Pan > African vision and mission for which the African Union and its predecessor, > the Organisation of African Unity were formed. They are hunting with the > dogs but running with the rabbit, and making sure the rabbit is not caught. > A genuinely liberated Africa will not come from heaven like manna. Like > Africa’s political independence struggle, it will come through the sweat > and blood of its own sons and daughters led by wise, dedicated and > committed Pan Africanist leaders. Fifty years for Africa from now will be > reaping time. Now is the sowing time. If African leaders are sowing nothing > now, there will be nothing to reap in 2063. > The African Union seems to be failing to implement ideas that were long > put forward by the pioneers of African unity in 1963 and beyond. These > ideas are the foundation for a strong Africa that can control its riches > for its own people and effectively defend all the interests of Africa. > Africa is like building a house with an agreed plan. This house must be > built in stages. Those stages must show that the house is being constructed > according to the designed building plan. In this context, at what stage is > Africa? Why must it take 50 years to rescue Africa from economic > powerlessness in the midst of so much technology? > The European slave trade and colonialism put fire on Africa. Africa is a > burning house. Victims are trapped inside it! Are their lives to be rescued > at a slow pace? > Nnamdi Azikiwe was right when he said, “Tell a man whose house is on fire > to give a moderate alarm. Tell a man moderately to rescue his wife from the > arms of a rapist. Tell a mother to extricate gradually her baby from the > fire into which it has fallen. But do not ask me to use moderation in a > cause like the present.” > Former colonial powers and their allies are afraid of a strong Africa that > controls its resources and is advancing technologically. When they gave in > to Africa’s political liberation, they made sure that this liberation was > devoid of economic power and also burdened with debts called “foreign aid.” > Africa’s economic liberation therefore is not going to be a dinner party. > Zimbabwe is an example of how deeply the former colonial forces and their > allies hate an Africa that they can no longer plunder and loot its riches. > Muammar Gaddafi’s Libya is another example. > * African Unity Won Political Liberation For > Africans* > Africa has internal and external problems. These problems were there > during the struggle for political liberation. Africa won her political > liberation through African unity. Without the Organisation of African > Unity, African people in South Africa would today, be living in the > “Bantustans.” The apartheid colonial forces would be today intimidating, > the whole of Africa with nuclear weapons. The South African nuclear > programme was dismantled only when it was feared that it might be inherited > by a radical Pan Africanist Congress government. > Without the Organisation of African Unity support, the people of > Namibia, Angola, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique and Zimbabwe might have lost > their wars of liberation. The OAU may not have been a finished house, but > it was a useful tent that can show important political gains. > For instance, the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC) then led by > people like Potlako K. Leballo and David Sibeko, got apartheid South Africa > expelled from the United Nations General Assembly. This was through the > diplomatic support by OAU member states at the United Nations. The > expulsion of South Africa resulted in the PAC and the ANC being recognised > as liberation movements and granted an Observer status at the United > Nations. > > Indeed, at the independence of Ghana on 6th March 1957, President Kwame > Nkrumah dedicated the liberation of Ghana to the whole of Africa. He > declared, “Ghana’s independence is meaningless, unless it is linked to the > total liberation of Africa.” There were then eight African independent > African States to the 54 today. > *Africa Will Regain Economic Liberation And Control Of Her Riches Through > African Unity* > Africa gained her political liberation through African Unity. Africa will > not regain her economic liberation and social emancipation of her people > without African Unity. > If Africa does not sow seeds of economic prosperity, control of her > riches, massive education in various spheres of knowledge; she will reap > nothing in 2063.People that do not sow seeds, cannot reap because they have > nothing to reap. This is the law of nature. > *Africa’s Leaders Must Do An > Introspection* > Present Africa’s leaders must do an introspection of themselves. Are > they pursuing and protecting the interests of Africa’s people with the same > passion, vigilance and wisdom that were shown by Africa’s leaders of the > independence freedom movement such as Kwame Nkrumah, Ahmed Sekou Toure, > Nnamdi Azikiwe, Obefami Awolowo, Patrice Lumumba, Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe, > Gamal Abdel Nasser, Ahmed Ben Bella, Modibo Keita, Julius Nyerere, Haile > Selassie and many others? > Emperor Haile Selassie mediation act which brought about the Casablanca > and Monrovia Groups together to form the OAU must be written in golden > letters in the history of Africa. What would have been Africa without the > OAU? But today what mediation machinery does the African Union have in > situations of political instability and civil wars among its member states? > “Prevention is better than cure,” said the wise. > * Africa Must Increase Capacity And Lessen > Dependence* > Africa must increase her capacity to be self-reliant. Nigeria a sister > African nation has presently a problem of Boko Haram terrorism that has > resulted in the whole world focussing on nearly 300 school girls that the > terrorists have kidnapped. Now, foreign powers with strong economic > interests in Africa and in Nigeria itself have offered assistance to find > these girls. > How many strings are attached to this assistance? The pioneers of Africa’s > independence often said, “We accept aid from all people of goodwill. But we > shall not accept any assistance that has strings attached to it and > compromises Africa’s interests.” > It is to be hoped that foreign powers such as France, Britain and America > will not attach strings to this purely humanitarian effort to find the > abducted Nigerian school girls. Moreover, terrorism is now a global problem > that affects many nations of the world. Its causes, however must be > established so that the appropriate remedy can be found. > The American government long wanted to locate its so-called “Africa > command” on the soil of Africa. Will this now be America’s chance to push > “Africom” into Nigeria and other African countries that have resisted > foreign soldiers in their countries? > The crucial question that may also now be asked is: Is America prepared to > allow Russia or China to establish its own “American command” in America > and call it “Americom”? These are some of the issues that Africa’s leaders > must scrutinise for an Africa that must be secure and strong in the next > fifty years. > Why? Vice Admiral Moeller was the man that President George Bush entrusted > with the main purpose of forming “Africom” in Africa. Addressing the United > States Africa Command Conference held at Fort McNair on 18 February 2008, > Moeller declared, “Protecting the free flow of natural resources from > Africa to the global market is one of American Africa’s guiding principles.” > Moeller specifically cited “oil disruption,” “terrorism” and “the growing > influence of the Peoples’ Republic of China as a major challenge to United > States interests in Africa.” > * Important Facts To Remember From Past Africa’s > leaders* > Past Africa’s leaders stated how Africa must be restored to her lost power > in world affairs. As early as April 1959, Mangaliso Robert Sobukwe the > President of the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania who was imprisoned on > Robben Island in 1963 without any court trial by the apartheid colonialist > regime, later banished to Kimberly where he died, allegedly poisoned by the > apartheid regime proclaimed: > “Nobody, disputes our contention that Africa will be free from foreign > rule....Even though I live in South Africa, I have no doubt that this > prophecy will be fulfilled. But the question is: After freedom; then what? > The ready answer of white ruling minorities is chaos and reversion to > barbarism and savagery. > The ready answer of all Pan Africanists is...the creation of a United > States of Africa and the advent of a new era of freedom, creative > production and abundance. The potential wealth of Africa in minerals, oil, > hydro-electric power and so on, is immense. > By cutting waste through systematic planning, a central government can > bring the most rapid development....By the end of the century [2000], the > standard of living of the masses of our people will have undoubtedly arisen > dramatically.” > For Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe, Africa should by now have been sitting where > some African leaders say she will sit in the next 50 years. What are the > obstacles? When Sobukwe spoke these words, there were only eight African > states in the whole of Africa compared to 54 today. > Sobukwe added, “For the lasting peace of Africa and solution of the > economic, social and political problems of the continent, there must be a > democratic principle. This means that foreign domination under whatever > disguise must be destroyed.” > > > * Julius Nyerere Appeal For Urgent > Africa’s Action* > President “Mwalimu” Julius Nyerere of Tanzania appealed for urgent > Africa’s action. “There is no time to waste,” he said. “We must unite or > perish. Political independence is only a prelude to a new and more involved > struggle for the right to conduct our social affairs unhampered by crushing > and humiliating control of our affairs.” > At present there is more than a snail’s pace on the part of Africa’s > leaders. “...the standard of living of the masses of our people will have > undoubtedly arisen dramatically,” as Sobukwe envisaged has not happened. > Why? Is it corruption by many African leaders? Leadership is service. > Servants of the people are men and women who are not for sale and refuse to > be bought for any price. They are honest and sound from centre to > circumference. They hate corruption. Corruption exacerbates poverty and > underdevelopment. It destroys nations. > * Kwame Nkrumah On Dangers Facing Africa* > On the dangers that would hinder Africa to have attained her goal in 2013, > Dr. Nkrumah warned, “As a continent we have emerged into independence in a > difficult age, with imperialism grown stronger, more ruthless and > experienced, and more dangerous in its international associations. Our > economic advancement demands the end of colonialist and neo-colonialist > domination of Africa.” > The April 2014 Brussels Conference at which the African Union (AU) and > the European Union (EU) met; clearly indicates that Europe still dominates > and insults Africa. This is after 50 years of Africa’s independence from > European colonial and racist rule. The EU refused to grant visas for some > security officials and assistants to countries such as Zimbabwe and Kenya. > What would be the reaction of the EU if its member states had been treated > in a similar manner? > In South Africa many former freedom fighters of the PAC and ANC are still > listed as “terrorists” by the United States government and refused visas to > enter America. This is in spite of the fact that the United Nations > declared apartheid a crime against humanity through its International > Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid. > What does the AU say about this? > Reciprocity is a principle of diplomacy in international law and > relations. Why do African governments allow certain governments to treat > their nationals in a manner that is devoid of reciprocity? These matters > are determining what Africa will look like in the next fifty years. > The slave and master relationship between the AU and EU and its allies > must be thrown into the dustbin of history; if Africa wants her dignity, > power and glory untainted and unchallengeable in the next 50 years. > And why did in 2011, two African States that were non-permanent members > of the United Nations Security Council vote for Resolution1973 with Western > countries that resulted in NATO and its allies slaughtering innocent Libyan > civilians and brutally assassinating Libyan Leader Muammar Al- Gaddafi? > The African Union Peace and Security Council had already rejected any form > of intervention in Libya. It said, “The Council reaffirms its commitment to > the respect of the unity and territorial integrity of Libya as well as > reject any form of foreign military intervention.” > If African leaders through AU, do not plant positive seeds now and > everyday for Africa, there will be only negative seeds to reap in 2063. > This will be a betrayal of Africa’s coming generations. > Nkrumah was right when he said, “If we, [Africans] are to remain free, if > we are to enjoy the full benefits of Africa’s rich resources, we must unite > to plan for our raw materials and human means....To go it alone will limit > our horizons, curtail our expectations and threaten our liberty.” > Before I mention what Nkrumah said on foreign investors, let me mention a > recent incident. It happened in one of the African countries. A foreign > investor offered to build a road and a hospital for the right to mine a > rich mineral mine. This is 50 years after Africa’s “independence!” > Over 50 years ago, Nkrumah pronounced on foreign investment with > regard to Ghana. “We welcome foreign investors in a spirit of partnership. > They can earn their profits here provided they leave us an agreed portion, > promoting the welfare and happiness of our people as a whole, as against > the greedy ambitions of the few. From what we get out of this partnership > we hope to expand the health services of our people, to feed and house all, > to give them more and better educational institutions and see to it that > they have a rising standard of living.” > * Africa Is Potential World Power After China * > Africa’s Leaders in the African Union and elsewhere must get their act > together. Africans paid a heavy price for their political independence. > Africa’s people must be willing to pay even a higher price for their > economic power to control the riches of Africa for their people. There must > be a minimum fifteen year-prison sentence without the option of a fine and > granting of parole for corrupt government officials and all leaders and > their collaborators in every sphere of life. > Africa’s people must engage with the modern world on the basis of > interdependence of nations. They must not present themselves to the world > as if they are bankrupt debtors with nothing to put on the world’s table. > Africa has enormous riches. > There must be massive intra-trade among African countries. There must be a > plan to process raw materials in Africa and export them as finished goods. > The necessary high technology needed in Africa must be exchanged for high > technology from which ever part of the world it comes. African raw > materials including minerals must not be sold for cash or goods. They > must be exchanged for the technology needs of the African Continent. > Those who now have this technology are secretive about it. They are > refusing technology transfer to Africa. They want to keep Africa > technologically backward so that its people can be a mere nation of > consumers, not a nation of manufacturers that export finished goods. > Africa’s people must not allow their continent to be merely a source of > raw materials and dumping ground of imported goods. > There must be huge investment in the education of Africa’s youth. Africa > must prioritise and maximise the study of modern science and technology in > all her institutions of learning. > There must be transport and communication system within Africa. A > liberated Africa cannot afford to have its citizens, travel to Africa via > Europe or their posted documents within some parts of Africa, to go to > Europe first before they reach another African country. > For rapid development of Africa, investors and governments must invest in > the infrastructure of Africa. There are many things that Africa can do for > herself and lessen her dependence on the outside world. Many non-Africans > get their riches in Africa. This is one of the main causes of poverty and > underdevelopment in Africa. > * Conclusion: Africa Has Impeccable > Credentials * > Africa is the epicentre of this planet called earth. She has impeccable > credentials to occupy a prominent place in world affairs. She created the > first human civilisation. What Africa must do now is to acquire knowledge > on a colossal scale. Africa’s knowledge was destroyed by slave traders, > colonialists and racists. > Where Africa will be in the next fifty years will be determined by what > kind of seeds African leaders, plant now. Africa’s history shows that when > Africa planted correct seeds she became a giant. > Hence the old African proverb, *“An anti-hill that is destined to be a > giant-hill shall ultimately come one, no matter how many times it is > destroyed by elephants.” END* > > · *Dr. Motsoko Pheko is historian, political scientist, lawyer > and theologian. He is former Representative of the victims of apartheid and > colonialism at the United Nations in New York and at the UN Commission On > Human Rights in Geneva, as well as a former Member of the South African > Parliament. He is author several books, including TOWARDS AFRICA’S > AUTHENTIC LIBERATION, THE HIDDEN SIDE OF SOUTH AFRICAN POLITICS and THE > TRUE OF HISTORY OF ROBBEN ISLAND MUST BE PRESERVED.* > > > > > > > > > > > > > > * STATEMENTS BY AFRICA’S PIONEERS OF PAN AFRICAN UNITY * > > * Nnamdi Azikiwe photo* > > > “As itself the cradle [of Western civilisation], this continent [Africa], > has had the bad luck to be over-run by [European] soldiers of fortune who > had neither fibre nor humanity....Slavery played its shameful role in > depopulating Africa. Capitalism denuded [Africa] of its wealth, colonialism > deprived it of its birthright, and imperialism > emasculated its will to live as human being and enjoy its fair share of > bounties of the earth.” > “Africa can and will only advance through African integration, which can > be realised through the Federal United States of Africa.” > > > > > > > > * President Ahmed Sekou Toure * > “I do not know what people mean when they call me the bad child of > Africa. Is it they consider us unbending in the fight against imperialism > and colonialism? If so, we can be proud to be called headstrong. Our > wish is to remain a child of Africa unto death.” > “An African statesman is not a naked boy begging from rich capitalists.” > “People of Africa, from now you are reborn in history, because you > mobilised yourself in the struggle and because the struggle before you > restores to your own eyes and renders to you, justice in the eyes of the > world.” > “People are not born with racial prejudices. For example, children have > none. Racial questions are questions of education. Africans learned racism > from the Europeans. Is it > any wonder that they now think in terms of race, after all they have gone > through [this] under colonialism?” > *Emperor Haile Selassie I * > “Until all Africans stand and speak as free human beings, equal in the > eyes of the Almighty, until that day, the African Continent shall not know > peace.” > “Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have > acted; the indifference of those who should have known better, the silence > of the voice of justice when it mattered, that has made it possible for > evil to triumph.” > > * Patrice Lumumba First Prime Minister Of DRC Most Brutally Assassinated > African Leader by Colonialists in the 20th Century * > “We are proud of this [African] struggle, of tears, of fire, and of > blood, to the depths of our being, for it was a noble struggle, and > indispensable to put an end to the humiliating [European] slavery which was > imposed on us.” > “Who will ever forget the massacres where so many of our brothers > perished?” > “Neither brutal assaults, nor cruel mistreatment, nor torture have ever > led me to beg for mercy, for I prefer to die with my head held high, > unshakeable faith and the greatest confidence in the destiny of my country > rather than live in slavery and contempt for sacred principles. History > will one day have its say; it will not be the history taught > in...Washington, Paris or Brussels, however, but the history taught in the > countries that have rid themselves of colonialism and puppets. Africa > will write its own history...it will be a history full of glory and > dignity.” > * Mangaliso Robert Sobukwe Pan Africanist Congress Founding President* > This is a picture of Members of the apartheid colonial parliament > visiting Sobukwe (in the middle) in Robben Island to check if he had > changed his mind about the authentic liberation of Africa. They justified > the imprisonment of Sobukwe on Robben Island without even a mock trial by > saying: > “Sobukwe is a leader, a man who had the entire country in turmoil within a > short space of time.” > “The powers that are seeking our downfall are gathering their forces to > destroy us, and at this time they are assiduously looking for a star to > give lustre to their nefarious schemes.... Sobukwe would if given the > opportunity, not hesitate to make and regain what he has lost during his > time detention.” > *“I asked Sobukwe, have you considered changing your ideology?”* > He replied, *“NOT UNTIL THE DAY OF THE RESURRECTION.” * > Sobukwe had as early as his student days at Fort Hare University said, “We > are fighting for the noblest cause on earth, the liberation of mankind. > They [colonialists] are fighting to entrench an outworn, anachronistic vile > system of oppression. We represent progress. They represent decadence. We > represent the fresh fragrance of flowers in bloom. They represent the > rancid smell of decaying vegetation.” > * President Ahmed Ben Bella * > “Let us all agree to die a little, even completely so that African unity > may not be a vain word.” > > * President Gamal Abdel Nasser * > “We are a sentimental people. We like a few kind of words better than > millions of dollars given in a humiliating way.” > “We shall defend our independence to the last drop of our blood.” > > * President Modibo Keita* > “If we want Africa to be really independent tomorrow, our peoples to > look to the future with confidence, we who today have the responsibility > for her destiny must have the will to renounce everything that might > tomorrow compromise the success of policies, or freedom of the African > people.” > “Africa must resolve problems of subsistence, of living conditions, of > the struggle against illiteracy, and especially of giving back to African > man his confidence in himself, and forever ridding him of the inferiority > complex which colonialism planted in him.” > > * President Robert Gabriel Mugabe * > “We paid the ultimate price for it and we are determined never to > relinquish our sovereignty and remain master of our destiny. Zimbabwe will > never be a colony again.” > “The land is ours. It is not European and we have taken it. We have > given it to the rightful people....Those of white extraction who happen to > be in the country and are farming, are welcome to do so, but they must do > so on the basis of equality.” > “We have said we will not collapse, never ever. We may have our droughts, > our poverty, but as a people we shall never collapse, never ever.” > > > * Dedan Kimathi a Kenyan Freedom Fighter* > “I don’t lead terrorists. I lead Africans who want their sovereign > independence and land. God did not intend that one nation be ruled by > another forever.” > “It is better to die on one’s feet than live on one’s knees.” > > * Col. Muammar Al-Gaddafi * > “Let the people of the world know that we could have bargained over and > sold our cause in return for a personal secure and stable life. We received > offers to this effect, but we chose to be at the vanguard of the > confrontation as a badge of duty and honour.” > “I am not going to leave this land [Libya – Africa]. I will die as a > martyr at the end.” > *President “Mwalimu” Julius Nyerere * > “There is no time to waste. We must unite or perish. Political > independence is only a prelude to a new and more involved struggle for the > right to conduct our affairs unhampered by crushing and humiliating control > of our affairs.” > “African nationalism is meaningless, dangerous, anachronistic, if it is > not at the same time, > Pan Africanism.” > “We, in Africa, have no more need of being ‘converted’ to socialism than > we have of being taught ‘democracy.’ Both are rooted in our past – in the > traditional society which produced us.” > > * President Kwame Nkrumah * > Dr. Kwame Nkrumah dedicated the independence of Ghana to the total > liberation of Africa. He could have played ball with imperialism and > established diplomatic relations with colonial South Africa which had been > paraded by Britain as “sovereign state.” This was totally false and racist. > This fact is exposed in a book on international law SOUTH AFRICA: BETRAYAL > OF A COLONISED PEOPLE – Issues Of International Human Rights Law by S. E. > M. Pheko first published in London in 1990) > The purpose of the Union of South Africa Act 1909 was to unite the four > British colonies of Cape, Transvaal, Natal and Free State. This Union of > European colonial settlers was to fight what they called “native danger” > and consolidate colonialism, racism and land dispossession of the > indigenous African majority. Africans were at that time five million > against 349387 European settlers who the British allocated 93% of the > African country. If Nkrumah and the people of Ghana had accepted the > colonial monstrosity that an African country Britain had colonised could be > “sovereign and independent” by being transferred to colonial settlers > colony by the British government; and lose focus on the total liberation of > Africa, there would never have been the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) > or today’s African Union (AU). Dr. Nkrumah saw African Unity as a strong > shield against the onslaughts of imperialism in Africa. > “There is no time to waste. “The longer we wait the stronger will be the > hold on Africa by neo-colonialism and imperialism. A Union for Africa does > not mean the loss of sovereignty by independent African states. A Union > Government will rather strengthen the sovereignty of the individual states > within the Union.” > “We are doing everything to revive our culture; but if this revival is to > endure, it must be based on strong moral and spiritual foundations. Our > moral and spiritual qualities should not lag behind the progress we are > making in the economic field.” > “If Africa were united, no major power bloc would attempt to subdue her > by military war because, from the very nature of limited war, what can be > achieved by it is itself limited. It is only where small states exist that > it is possible, by lending a few thousand marines or by financing a > mercenary force..., secure a decisive result.” > Addressing the African Heads of State and Government on 24th May 1963, > President Kwame Nkrumah declared, “No sporadic act, nor pious resolutions, > can resolve our present problems....As a continent we have emerged into > independence in a difficult age, with imperialism grown stronger, more > ruthless and experienced, and more dangerous in its international > associations. > Our economic advancement demands the end of colonialist and neo-colonialist > domination of Africa.” > > > * SCHOLARS WHO SUPPORT THE PAN AFRICA VISION * > > * Cheikh Anta Diop * > > “Africa can and will only advance through African integration, which can > be realised through the Federal United States of Africa.” > > > * Ngungi wa Thiongo * > > “The African Union may be a shadow of the original post-colonial vision, > but its potential to inspire remains.” > > > * Muziwakhe Antony Lembede* > Dr. Muziwakhe A. Lembede was a distinguished scholar in the Southern tip > of Africa. He was a founder of the Congress Youth League and its first > President in 1943. Of him Nelson Mandela has written, “I also possessed a > certain insecurity, feeling politically backward compared to Lembede, > [A.P.] Mda and....They were men who knew their minds....I was intimidated > by their eloquence in the league [Congress Youth League].” > Articulating his Pan African vision at the age of 29 years, Lembede > proclaimed: > *“My heart earns for an Africa that is no more, but I shall labour for a > new, free, independent and sovereign Africa that shall be respected by > nations of the world.”* > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dr. Motsoko Pheko <drmotsokoph...@drmotsokopheko.com> > To: rwalker949 <rwalker...@aol.com> > Sent: Wed, Sep 3, 2014 8:22 am > Subject: AFRICA IN THE NEXT FIFTY YEARS ARTICLE > > I REPEAT AU NEEDS TO PRODUCE EVIDENCE THAT IT IS MOVING AFRICA’S > INTEGRATION. ITS ACTIVITIES AND DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN POWERS DEMONSTRATES > THAT COME 2063: Africa will be where it is now or in worse condition. THE > IMPERIALISTS ARE NOT GOING TO WAIT FOR 50 YEARS TO CRUSH AFRICA. THERE ARE > SIGNS THAT WHILE AU FUNCTIONARIES TALK,IMPERIALISTS ARE DIGGING THE GRAVE > FOR AFRICA AND GETTING THE COFFIN FOR AFRICA READY. >
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