Melanites Global

In Colombia headed to El Peñon of Guatape

In route to El Peñón de Guatapé DON'T FORGET TO :COMMENT, LIKE & SUBSCRIBE !!!TO SEE UPCOMING VIDEOS. FOLLOW ME ON :Instagram: TheRealOsirusThre...

Pan-African flag Video Software we use: https://amzn.to/2KpdCQF Ad-free videos. You can support us by purchasing something through our Amazon-Url, thanks :) The Pan-African f...

Origin of the Pan-African Flag Have you ever noticed that ALOT of the flags of African nations are very similar? This is not by accident. In this video, we discuss the origins of the Pan-A...

The Pledge to the African Flag! http://www.JayMorrisonAcademy.com http://www.JayMorrison.net

Concept Paper - AAPC@60


Theme: Africa Must Unite - A Mission for Our Generation

Background and Context
It has been sixty years since the first All-African People’s Conference (AAPC) was organised by Kwame Nkrumah in Accra, Ghana, in December 1958. Following an earlier preparatory conference of Independent African States, the AAPC was attended by more than 300 delegates drawn from 62 nationalist organisations including liberation movements, trade unions, and youth organisations from all over the continent.
The intention of this all-important gathering was to unite the African people for the liberation of the continent from colonialism. Undoubtedly, this event had a tremendous impact. For one, it succeeded in re-igniting the Pan-African spirit, which had been dormant since the fifth Pan-African Congress in London 1945. It also effectively opened a new phase in Pan-Africanism.
The significance of the conference was captured in one of Nkrumah’s comments to conference delegates: "Pan-Africanism has returned home." Thus, Pan-Africanist action, thought and leadership were now making their way into Africa with the commencement of the conference.
One of the key themes of the 1958 conference was to build an African community with the objective of achieving political unification for the overall purpose of making the lives of the African masses better. But the question that must be posed today is “where are we with the African unity agenda”? This theme seems to have left the discussion table.
What is not in dispute over the last sixty-years is that African states have achieved political independence. However, without African unity sovereignty has eroded with the entrenchment of neo-colonialism. Sixty years on since 1958, the exploitation of African resources continues unabated and African people remain poor and unable to benefit from the vast resources of the continent while debates about African unity are taking place without the popular participation of the African masses.
It has thus become necessary to reassess our collective successes and failures in light of the performance of institutions such as AU, ECOWAS, SADC, EAC, ECCAS, CEN-SAD etc, and to take steps to make the original dream come alive. To quote Kwame Nkrumah, we need a “common political basis for the integration of our policies in economic planning, defense, foreign and diplomatic relations”. The commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of the All-African People’s Conference therefore offers us the opportunity to reconvene for this purpose.
The Kwame Nkrumah Pan-African Centre (KNAC) is joining forces with the Pan-African Federalist Movement (PAFM) to formulate a strategy and agree on a plan of action to campaign for African unity among the people.
Significance of AAPC@60 Celebration
The historical significance of the All-African People’s Conference has been well documented. What has been lacking is the learning of lessons from thence in addition to the absence of a concerted effort to propel us to political unification. Consequently, the subject is now all but relegated.
TheAAPC@60 is not just an event, but an occasion to reflect on the current state of Africa and inspire this generation of African masses to take responsibility for the complete liberation and unity of Africa. It will be the starting point for a new struggle of the African peoples for their emancipation through the political unification of their states. This entails organization and political education to achieve the objective of Pan-Africanism: the total liberation and unification of Africa under federal government.
There is the need to mobilize the African masses for a renewed commitment to the struggle for African unity. This effort must involve the younger generation who will be encouraged to embrace the values of Pan-Africanism that transcend ethnicity, partisan politics and religious divisions. It begins with the marking of the 60th anniversary of the All-African People’s Conference.
The AAPC@60 commemorative event will therefore take proper stock of all the socio-cultural, economic, political and intellectual factors which define the African reality to pave the way for a new concerted effort at the grass-roots level towards realizing the dream of political unity.
The marking of the 60th anniversary of the All-African People’s Conference on December 8, 2018 will be followed by workshops, panel discussions and an Accra declaration on the theme:“Africa Must Unite: a Mission for Our Generation.”
Purpose and Objectives
The purpose of AAPC@60 celebration is to re-energise the Pan-African spirit and channel it towards a generational mission of African political unification.

Objectives
- To open a new chapter in our struggle for the political and economic unification of African states driven by African masses;
- To examine challenges to the sovereignty of the African peoples, their governments and institutions; including the main prob

Congresswoman Karen Bass questions Jeff Sessions on Black Identity Extremist During his appearance before the House Judiciary Committee, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said he was not aware of an FBI report on 'black identity extremis...