Diaspora acknowledged for contribution to panafricanism
At a session with various civil society stakeholders on the theme, Framing a 21st Century Narrative on Pan-Africanism and African Renaissance, the Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Mr. Carlos Lopes acknowledged the role played by the African Diaspora in promoting pan Africanism as a unique identity that was born out of slavery and displacement. Mr Lopes lauded the OAU’s contribution to Continent’s liberation journey. “It established the Liberation Committee, which provided arms, training and military bases to various liberation movements on the continent,” he said. He argued that Pan Africanism “must be and should be about socio-economic transformation.” He told the forum that Africa’s megatrends, in areas such as urbanization and the potential demographic dividend have given the rest of the world reason to see many positive things about the continent. The meeting was held on the margins of the ongoing celebrations to commemorate 50 years of the Organization for African Unity (OAU), which is now the African Union. In attendance were former Presidents, Karl Auguste Offman, (Mauritius); Joacquim Chissano (Mozambique); Amos sawyer (Liberia) and Chair of Africa Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) Panel.
| Format: | Press release biblioteca |
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| Language: | eng |
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2013-05
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10855/31973 |
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