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“The total liberation and unification of Africa under an All-African Socialist Government must be the primary objective of all Black revolutionaries throughout the world. It is an objective which, when achieved, will bring about the fulfillment of the aspirations of Africans and people of African descent everywhere. It will at the same time advance the triumph of the international socialist revolution, and the onward progress towards world communism, under which, every society is ordered on the principle of –from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.” — Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah

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WANTED: Builders of a New African World

28 April 2016 By A-APRP Leave a Comment

WANTED: Builders of a New African World

African Women on the Frontline

A recent celebration of African Liberation Day, organized by the All-African People’s Revolutionary Party, was done under the theme “Pan-Africanism: We Must Dare To Invent the Future”. This theme borrowed part of a statement made by the great African patriot and martyr Thomas Sankara. His statement challenged African people to stop looking outside of themselves and to look within their own selves and community in order to conceptualize and bring into existence real solutions that will bring into being a positive, free and happy life to the African Masses worldwide.

If we were to look at creating a new Africa like building a new house, we would understand that there is a mobilization of material resources and labor power necessary to see the task from start to finish.  There is a required action plan that includes not only the material and human resources needed but also an understanding of the environmental conditions where the building is taking place.  For example in certain parts of Africa, there are one or more prolonged rain seasons throughout the year.  It would make sense that the work required for the outdoor part of the construction not be planned during the rainy season(s).  It would also require certain specialists (architect, electrician, plumber, and mason) at different points in time both for the initial building as well as for ongoing maintenance after the house has been built.  In addition, there should be a level of know-how and understanding to make adjustments on the original plan as conditions change, without sacrificing the original target goal (completion of the project).  There would be certain work norms/rules that would guide and direct the common actions of the different elements involved.

In the case of a new Africa it also depends on how we conceptualize the new Africa. Do we see a new Africa as A) a place where a small minority grow in economic and political status to the level of billionaires while the majority population continue to live in impoverished conditions? Or do we see the new Africa as B) a place where the majority of the people are empowered to develop themselves to their fullest human potential, with political and cultural control over their rightful land and natural resources endowed unto Africa, as equal contributors towards the construction of a democratic, egalitarian society? If we take the position of the description of letter B, then we would need people with both the appropriate skillsets AND mindsets to carry out the job.

Throughout history, Africa and African people have produced some of the greatest freedom fighters that the world has ever known.  From Yaa Asantewaa, M’Balia Camara, Nanny, Marcus Garvey, Boukman, Shaka Zulu, Queen Nzinga, Kwame Nkrumah and Seku Ture to name just a small few.  Many of these warriors were not JUST activists and organizers in a general sense.  Many developed practical and vocational skills that they actively applied as tools in order to advance the people’s human rights struggle.  Sometimes their skills were developed through self-study trial and error, other times through formal education. Let’s take a quick look at just a few examples:

What do Africa and African people need in the here and now?  Generally speaking, “Africa needs a new type of citizen…A man (and woman) who abhors greed and detests vanity.  A new type of man (and woman) whose humility is his (her) strength and whose integrity is his (her) greatness” – Kwame Nkrumah.  Specifically, Africa needs people who are skilled in various disciplines.  For the A-APRP, our organization’s current focus and priority is the awakening of the African mind and the organization of the African masses.  We are fighting a propaganda and information war against the enemies of African people.  The enemies of the people are a group of people numerically small, but politically and economically powerful, commonly called the capitalist class.  It is this class of people that are hoarding the land as well as human labor of the world for its selfish benefit. At the same time, they are depriving the very same people whose human labor is making the capitalist class’s wealth possible.

In order to win this propaganda war, the A-APRP and the Pan-African Movement needs propaganda creators and distributors.  We need Revolutionary Psychologists who can develop programs and methods to help our people overcome inferiority complexes.  We need Revolutionary Graffiti Artists and Musicians that can educate and inspire our people with art that spans the limits of written language.  We need revolutionary film makers, internet radio specialists, and bloggers.  We need revolutionary institution builders who understand that we must create something that will outlive and outgrow us as individuals.   We need Revolutionary Teachers that can create Revolutionary Educational Curriculums in complete opposition to the current public and private school curriculums designed to keep us powerless and accepting our oppression.  We need Revolutionary Farmers and Agricultural Engineers, who can strengthen our healthy food supply and get our majority peasant population out of subsistence living, which in turn will serve as additional propaganda by showing our people practical examples of our potential. We need Revolutionary Economists who can define how our Revolutionary African Economy should look and operate for the people’s ultimate benefit.  We need African Women and Men that believe that the way forward is through collective work and responsibility over individual “achievement”.  Are YOU that type of African?  If so please heed the call to join or become an active supporter of the A-APRP today!

Filed Under: Feature Story, Youth Tagged With: A-APRP, African Unity, Amilcar Cabral, Franz Fanon, Kwame Nkrumah, PAIGC, Pan-Africanism, Wangari Maathai

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