Pan-Africanism is the Answer to Africa’s Problems

 

The many countries in Africa each pursue their own interests which sometimes results in intra-African conflict. This division makes Africa easy prey for imperialism. This can be remedied by a United States of Africa with a common currency, common defense and foreign policy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pan-Africanism Is The Answer To Africa’s Problems

 

When you look at the many problems that plague Africa today: theft of her resources,

heightened militarization, declining life expectancy, the AIDS epidemic, religious and ethnic

conflicts – it is difficult to avoid the obvious and inevitable question: Can Africa overcome these

problems? The All-African People’s Revolutionary Party (A-APRP) boldly and unequivocally

answers “YES!” Despite their magnitude and complexity, the challenges confronting Africa can

be effectively addressed with revolutionary organization and the achievement of Pan-

Africanism, which means the liberation of Africa from foreign control and the unification of the

African continent under a single socialist government.

 

The history of Pan-Africanism is a history of patient commitment. Between 1900 and 1945,

there were several Pan-African conferences and congresses. They were attended by Africans

from around the world in search of greater ideological and organizational clarity. The Pan-

African Congress of 1945 stands out because of its militant character. While the previous

congresses were oriented toward making appeals to the colonizers for freedom, the 1945

congress called for Africans to create mass political parties to free Africa. Subsequent to this

call, political parties proliferated throughout Africa and around the world. They included among

others: the Convention People’s Party (CPP) (Ghana), the Democratic Party of Guinea (PDG),

the African Party for the Independence of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde (PAIGC), the

African National Congress (ANC) and the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC) (South

Africa).

 

Assessing the political landscape in Africa in 1968, Kwame Nkrumah saw the various liberation

organizations fighting colonialism/imperialism in their respective countries with little or no

central coordination. He believed the liberation of Africa could be accelerated if one political

entity guided the process. In his book, The Handbook of Revolutionary Warfare, Nkrumah

called for the formation of the All-African People’s Revolutionary Party to play the central

coordination role.

 

The many countries in Africa each pursue their own interests which sometimes results in intra-

African conflict. This division makes Africa easy prey for imperialism. This can be remedied by

a United States of Africa with a common currency, common defense and foreign policy. Africa

also needs socialism, an economic system that will properly harness the resources of Africa to

meet the needs of the masses of the continent’s people rather than limiting the benefits to a

small elite and foreign capitalists.

 

The A-APRP is working to put Pan-Africanism on the lips and in the hearts of Africans around

the world because we know that when Africans everywhere accept this idea, there is no power

on earth that can stop us from freeing Africa from imperialist exploitation, redirecting the

continent’s vast resources to meet the needs of the people, and making Africa a force for

peace and justice in the world.