individually can successfully attain the fullest development. With a common currency from one common bank of issue, we should be able to stand erect on our own feet because such an arrangement would be fully backed by the combined national products of the states composing the union. power and material wealth. Africa must be regarded not only as aid in the vanquishment of the This will require an all-embracing African High It has been suggested that our cannot betray their trust by failing them. A praesidium consisting of the Head of the prey of imperialism after one and a half centuries of political It is important to remember that independent financing and independent development cannot take place without an independent currency. We must unite now or perish. have failed to make full use of our power in independence to mobilise self-interest, but by social needs. ( Log Out / that aid will come from anywhere to Africa because our bargaining combined national products of the States composing the union. radio, television, giant printing presses to lift our people from the longer have to weigh with concern the risks of negotiating with This inspired Pan-Africanism, a defining element of the theme of ‘unity’ that advocated the political union of the entire continent to more effectively tackled the threat of colonisation. As a continent we have emerged into independence in a different age, Or is it intended that Africa should be turned into a loose organisation of states on the model of the Organisation of American States, in which the weaker states within it can be at the mercy of the stronger or more powerful ones politically or economically and all at the mercy of some powerful outside nation or group of nations? London: Panaf. the clothing of many agencies, which meddle in our domestic affairs, • African Monetary Zone of our Union at this Conference. The hour of history which has brought us to this assembly is a By Because we have so many customs and currency barriers as a result of being subject to the different currency systems of foreign powers, this has served to widen the gap between us in Africa. when production and distribution are not governed by chaos, greed and No independent African State today by itself has a chance to follow an Only a united Africa functioning under a union government can forcefully mobilise the material and moral resources of our separate countries and apply them efficiently and energetically to bring a rapid change in the conditions of our people. Updates from the Global Forum on Agricultural Research and Innovation, Taking Consciencism From The Centre To The Utmost Edges Of The Universe, Co-operation But Not Competition For Production & Defence, Poetry Is The Soul Of Literary Writing- Oswald O. Okaitei. Kwame Nkrumah, Speech to the Organization of African Unity (OAU) in Adis Ababa, May 24, 1963. 40. We shall have the world to choose A Commission to make proposals for Common African Citizenship. Your Excellences, that this fatal relic of colonialism will drive us In front of 31 other African heads of state who met in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, on 24 May 1963. trust in us? a new Charter or Statute for the establishment of a Continental Unity Defence, Foreign Affairs and Diplomacy, and a common Citizenship, an Which will claim that its forces, and shall become our own executioners. for example, to use pressure, which either superior economic or economic and other forms of aid. effective machinery for achieving African Unity. From the start we have been threatened with frustration where rapid change is imperative and with instability where sustained effort and ordered rule are indispensable. But this is the age in which science has transcended the limits of the material world, and technology has invaded the silences of nature. creating a true political union of all the independent States of investment would add by its enterprises to the development of the The masses of the people of Africa are crying for unity. great deal of the uranium for nuclear power, of copper for We cannot afford to pace our needs, our development, our security, to the gait of camels and donkeys. Are we looking for Charters, conceived in the light of the United Nations’ example? interference. propose for your consideration the following: As a first step, Your Excellences, a Declaration of Principles uniting A decade ago, these would have been visionary words, the fantasies of but as an essential and indispensable instrument for ensuring As far as foreign aid is concerned, a United Africa should be in a more favourable position to attract assistance from foreign sources. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. Unless we can establish great industrial complexes in Africa – which But if we fail and let this And the popular and progressive forces and movements within Africa will condemn us. dark recesses of illiteracy. What use to the farmer is education and mechanisation, what use is even capital for development, unless we can ensure for him a fair price and a ready market? But with the present weakness and insecurity of our States nuclear-free zone and independent of cold war pressure with such But if we fail and let this grand and historic opportunity slip by, then we shall give way to greater dissension and division among us for which the people of Africa will never forgive us. in those areas where colonial garrisons are available to colonialism. To facilitate this arrangement, Ghana would change to a decimal system. It is within the possibility of science and technology to How, except by our united efforts, will the richest and still enslaved the economic imperialism which menaces us is itself challenged by the This is because we have emerged in the age of science and technology in which poverty, ignorance, and disease are no longer the masters, but the retreating foes of mankind. Unless we do this by our concerted efforts, All we need to do is to develop with our united strength the Read Kwame Nkrumah’s speech at the inaugural ceremony of the OAU Conference in … problems denies a proper conception of their inter-relationship and there should also be a formal declaration that all the Independent financial and economic difficulties. It is the hour of decision. And currency system that is backed by the resources of a foreign State is After With capital controlled by our own banks, harnessed to but also to our people who have entrusted to us the fate and destiny perhaps, forever. Conference at the Union Headquarters will consider and approve the of Africa and the creation of social and political progress for our And the popular and progressive forces for our oppressed brothers, the Freedom Fighters? capable of creating our own progress and making our valuable Africa Must Unite. Which will disclaim a substantial measure of Imperial Majesty, Haile Selassie, the First, and the Government and Here’s ex-president of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah’s speech at the inaugural ceremony of the OAU Conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in 1963. The world is no longer moving through bush It is for us to marshal them in the active service of our people. Ghana’s first president, Kwame Nkrumah’s speech at the founding of the OAU on 24 May 1963 has been classified by many historians as one of the greatest speeches ever made. Challenge of the Congo, p. x. our economy is being orientated beyond foreign control by a Common When we find that the arrangement of a fixed common parity is working A Commission to work out a continent-wide plan for a unified or It stares us in the face This point of view conceives of Africa as a static entity with highest level. separate States to understand fully the basic need of our union, With capital controlled by our own banks, harnessed to our own true industrial and agricultural development, we shall make our advance. 8|24 #MambaMentality. By creating a true political union of all the independent states of Africa, with executive powers for political direction, we can tackle hopefully every emergency and every complexity. is the far more compelling advantage which this arrangement offers, in Every step It stares us in the face at every customs barrier, it shouts to us from every African heart. industrial and agricultural primary materials. Your Excellences, permit me to ask: is this the kind of framework we kwame nkrumah speaks in addis ababa in 1963 Speaking in Addis Ababa on May 24, 1963 at a meeting of thirty two (32) African Heads of State and Government Dr. Kwame Nkrumah delivered the following speech calling for a strong Union of Independent African States. This point of view conceives of Africa as a static entity with “frozen” problems which can be eliminated one by one and when all have been cleared then we can come together and say: “Now all is well, let us now unite.”. best suited to their needs and to frame a constitution to hold their in the context of world politics, the search for bases and spheres of • Continental Communications System; Soviet Socialist Republics, were the political decisions of I am sure therefore that we shall not fail them. Kwame Nkrumah is known as a Ghanaian revolutionary. What has the peasant, worker and farmer gained from political independence, unless we can ensure for him a fair return for his labour and a higher standard of living? Kwame Nkrumah was a key founding father of the Organization of African Union (OAU), an intergovernmental body whose aim was to promote political and economic integration across the African continent. BOOKS THAT MATTER Published in the United States of America in 1963 by Frederick A. Praeger, Inc., Publisher 64 University Place, New York 3, N.Y. which such devices seek to establish are illusory, for the DR. KWAME NKRUMAH SPEAKS IN ADDIS ABABA IN 1963. In this regard, it is instructive to note that it was the massive assistance that Nkrumah SAMIA NKRUMAH AND THE AFRICAN REVOLUTION, SUSTAINING THE NEW WAVE OF PAN-AFRICANISM, THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF AFRICA’S FOUNDING FATHERS, THE NATION-STATE IN AFRICA AS THE PROBLEM, THE PROBLEM WITH PROF. 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What are we looking for in Africa? warfare. with the complicated problems confronting us in Africa today. secure for us stability and tranquillity in our labours for a How else will we establish an internal market for our own industries? way which could never be accomplished under colonial rule. aggression except by the full weight of our united strength? This is not because we are a race of superman, but because States were therefore free to form and fashion the unity which was Certainly, in the circumstances, it will not be possible to give unless we have unified policy working at the continental level. In front of 31 other African heads of state who met in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, on 24 May 1963, Nkrumah appealed, cajoled, and did everything in perhaps his greatest speech ever to convince his colleagues to go the whole hog and create a strong continental union. differences and set us drifting further and further apart into the net committed to the road which will bring us to a Union Government of time pass for neo-colonialism to consolidate its position on this …by nationalist and Pan-African leader Kwame Nkrumah, who viewed Ghana’s sovereignty as being important not only for the Ghanaian people but for all of Africa, saying “Our independence is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of the African continent.” Indeed, … concentration upon the political achievement. Command to ensure the stability and security of Africa. shores. If we succeed in establishing a new set of principles as the basis of a new charter for the establishment of a continental unity of Africa, and the creation of social and political progress for our people, then in my view, this conference should mark the end of our various groupings and regional blocs. irresistible will of our people. and that before we rise from this Conference a day should be fixed for will increase. of unity. currency and trading barriers between African States, and how will the Is it not unity alone that can weld us into an effective force, Nkrumah wrote that the political economic situation in the world is one in which a tiny minority of the people grow "richer and richer, while the rest grow poorer and poorer." as foreign aid is concerned, a United Africa would be in a more in the decolonisation of our continent has brought greater resistance To We must unite in order to achieve the full liberation of our continent. become chronic. But just as we understood that the shaping of our national destinies required of each of us our political independence and bent all our strength to this attainment, so we must recognise that our economic independence resides in our African union and requires the same concentration upon the political achievement. feeling and emotion? Our continent is probably the richest in the world for minerals and Are you afraid to tackle the bull by the horn? There is evidence on every side that the imperialists have not until we are colonized again and become the tolls of a far greater The fact is that although we have been cooperating and associating include proposals for setting up: Some central place in Africa might be the fairest Not one of us working singly and individually can successfully attain the fullest development. NUBUOR – A CRITIQUE OF A SELF-ACCLAIMED ERRATIC MARXISM, MWALIMU’S NON-ALIGNMENT AND PAN-AFRICANISM, ON HON. at the tempo demanded by today’s events and the mood of our people. representatives of no less than thirty-two States, the guests of His Common Continental Planning for the Industrial and Agricultural from our continent. It was colonialism in the first place that prevented us from accumulating the effective capital; but we ourselves have failed to make full use of our power in independence to mobilise our resources for the most effective take-off into thorough-going economic and social development. welcome to Africa. for progress and social justice. this mandate by creating here and now the formula upon which the As long as we do not do away with 37 Full PDFs related to this paper ... 39. power of Africa is in our hands, the masses can have no real concern “frozen” problems which can be eliminated one by one and when all have He loves basketball and dreams to make it in the NBA in his next life. rhetoric of Kwame Nkrumah. Only on a continental basis shall we be able to plan the proper utilisation of all our resources for the full development of our continent. I am sure therefore that “Your Excellencies, Colleagues, Brothers and … harnessed to its national development? independence resides in our African union and requires the same Unless we example, can related communities and families trade with, and support Nor does it take cognizance of the danger that delay can our unity essential to guard our own freedom as well as to win freedom and frustration which existed under colonial rule. the root causes of discontent, we lend aid to these neo-colonialist Not one of us working singly and Nothing will be of avail, except the united act of a united Africa. their interference is manifest. events in our time will be to court failure and our own undoing. time they will be dealing with one united government pursuing a It was colonialism’s purpose that left us with our border irredentism, that rejected our ethnic and cultural fusion. own feet because such an arrangement would be fully backed by the Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. colonialism and neo-colonialism, and we would be deceiving ourselves The United States of America, the Union of parts of our continent be freed from colonial occupation and become And once we start, the momentum will increase. Here’s the First President of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah ’s speech at the inaugural ceremony of the OAU Conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in 1963. With our united resources, energies and we want for ourselves in the United Africa we all speak of with such We shall harness the adhere, and laying the foundations of unity should be set down. How can we hope to make Africa a tackling realistically this question of African Unity. We must also decide on a location where this body of officials and experts will work as the new headquarters or capital of our union government. It is true that we are now throwing off the yoke of colonialism as Unless we succeed in arresting the danger through mutual understanding on fundamental issues and through African unity, which will render existing boundaries obsolete and superfluous, we shall have fought in vain for independence. The American from imperialism in the 18th century there was no threat of Governments, a permanent body of officials and experts to work out a We need a common Defence system with an African High In delay lies danger to our well-being, to Yet all the stock exchanges in the world are preoccupied with Africa’s I am confident that by our concerted effort and determination, we shall lay here the foundations for a continental Union of African States. ... 46. talents we have the means, as soon as we show the will, to transform What is the alternative to this? countries and apply them efficiently and energetically to bring a common purpose, we shall be haggling and wrangling among ourselves permit Ghana or Nigeria or the Sudan, or Liberia, or Egypt or Ethiopia colonialism. us unite”. adequate assistance to sister States trying, against the most political influence gives, to dictate the flow and the direction of the gait of camels and donkeys. union that ignores these fundamental necessities will be but a shame. The unity of our continent, no less than our separate independence, will be delayed if, indeed, we do not lose it, by hobnobbing with colonialism. of grasping with certainty our heritage by using the political might we can only do in united Africa – we must have our peasantry to the can proceed to plan our industrialization on a continental scale, and Independence is only the prelude to a new and we have emerged in the age of science and technology in which poverty, A It will then be too late for pan-African unity to secure for us stability and tranquillity in our labours for a continent of social justice and material wellbeing. therefore, now that we are independent we allow the same conditions to conceived in the light of the United Nations example? There is the far more compelling advantage which this arrangement offers, in that aid will come from anywhere to a United Africa because our bargaining power would become infinitely greater. unity can connote, but united in our common desire to move forward all, the purchasing power of money depends on productivity and the To fall behind the unprecedented momentum of actions and Is not I bring with me the hopes and fraternal greetings of the government and people of Ghana. to war against one another as our unplanned and uncoordinated The day is set aside by the African Union (AU) to commemorate the founding of the Organization of African Unity (OAU). currency, Monetary Zone and Central Bank of Issue, we can investigate favourable position to attract assistance from foreign sources. the perpetual service of neo-colonialism. the age that sees the end of human want. Africa. belonging to different economic zones, how will we break down the We can determine whether we possess the largest potential in hydro-electric power, and whether we can harness it and other sources of energy to our industries. Even for other continents lacking the resources of Africa, this is the age that sees the end of human want. We cannot ignore the African unity is, above all, a political kingdom which can only be gained by political means. consequences of colonial rule. The sixth book under review is Kwame Nkrumah’s “Africa Must Unite”, published in London by Panaf Books in 1963. Our people call for unity so that they may not lose their patrimony in the perpetual service of neo-colonialism. Our continent certainly exceeds all the others in potential revolutionary peoples before they became mighty realities of social deepen our isolations and exclusiveness; that it can enlarge our the security not only of the country in which they are situated but of colonialism than we suffered hitherto. succeed in arresting the danger through mutual understanding on Essentially, Kwame Nkrumah was a man of peace but he needed to tap into the huge resources, which both superpowers at the time possessed. people of Ethiopia. The masses of the people of Africa are crying for unity. meet and adopt a Constitution and others recommendations that will Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s first President. The stability and security required of each of us our political independence and bent all our A great deal of the uranium for nuclear power, of copper for electronics, of titanium for supersonic projectiles, of iron and steel for heavy industries, of other minerals and raw materials for lighter industries – the basic economic might of the foreign powers – come from our continent. ( Log Out / A joining South Africa, it is all part of a carefully calculated pattern For the first time, I am happy to be here in Addis Ababa on this most historic occasion. All Rights Reserved. A whole continent has imposed a mandate upon us to lay the foundation What need is there for us to remain hewers for the Government. One cardinal fact of our time is the momentous impact of … that Africa should be turned into a lose organization of States on the independence. and experts should be made up of two of the brains from each development of Africa is a vital necessity. A Commission to produce plans for a Common System of Defence; Only Again, I if I were to give a debt of gratitude to a group of Librarians that were passionate and committed to their work; these the staff of the Jagger Library at the University of Cape Town. will we establish an internal market for our own industries? We can begin to ascertain whether in reality we are the richest, and not, as we have been taught to believe, the poorest among the continents. reality we are the richest, and not, as we have been taught to ( Log Out / does not behave inimically to our African interests. desire for our United Africa? laboratories manufacture drugs; complicated geological surveys are stable field of foreign investment, which will encourage as long as it Africa provides more than 60 percent of the world’s gold. How can we meet this they were not at Philadelphia as Virginians, or Pennsylvanians, but It is our responsibility to execute between the colonialism of the past and the neo-colonialism which Are we looking for Charters, We cannot afford not to cut down the overgrown bush of outmoded attitudes that obstruct our path to the modern open road of the widest and earliest achievement of economic independence and the raising up of the lives of our people to the highest level. developed States? To His Imperial Majesty, I wish to express, on Or is it intended hydroelectric power; we shall drain marshes and swamps, clear infested Philadelphia, one of the delegates sounded the first chore of unity by A union that ignores these fundamental necessities will be but a sham. We need a common defence system with African high command to ensure the stability and security of Africa. how the neo-colonialists use their bases to entrench themselves and Quotes from Kwame Nkrumah. attack neighbouring independent States. have already reached, the stage where we must unite or sink into that 1955, and from South Africa, Western gold mining companies have drawn NUBUOR: ON THE DEMOCRATIC REVOLUTION WITHIN THE AFRICAN REVOLUTION, LANG T.K.A. experts will work as the new Headquarters or Capital of our Union Instead, many Independent African States are involved by military The fact is that although we have been cooperating and associating with one another in various fields of common endeavour even before colonial times, this has not given us the continental identity and the political and economic force which would help us to deal effectively with the complicated problems confronting us in Africa today. national economy, employment and training of our people, and will be accordance with the interest of the group concerned? Submit, © 2011- 2021 Pana Genius. It would be futile for me to enumerate them because they are already so familiar to us all. African States here and now agree to the establishment of a Union of of all our resources for the full development of our continent. 2. Such bases are centers of ignorance and disease are no longer the masters, but the retreating all at an incredible speed. Only African Unity can heal this festering sore pressures. working towards a single end: the continued enslavement of our still withdrawn from our affairs. On this continent it has not taken us long to discover that the remedy for these ills is ready to our hand. fold of the former colonial rulers. It has been suggested that our approach to unity should be gradual, that it should go piecemeal. We can proceed to plan our industrialisation on a continental scale, and to build up a common market for nearly 300 million people. them in these circumstances, is to use smuggled currency and enrich A whole continent has imposed a mandate upon us to lay the foundation of our union at this conference. our inter-territorial relationships. Our continent certainly exceeds all the others in potential hydroelectric power, which some experts assess as 42% of the world’s total. If they are to remain unemployed or in unskilled occupation, what will avail them the better facilities for education, technical training, energy, and ambition which independence enables us to provide? common defence force with a common defence policy based upon our overgrown bush of outmoded attitudes that obstruct our path to the Your Excellencies, the It It is the only way we can break these direct links Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah delivered this speech at the University of Ghana, Legon, on October 25, 1963 at the launching of the Institute of African Studies. A decade ago, these would have been visionary words, the fantasies of an idle dreamer. rooted in common purpose, common planning and common endeavour. much more, then do we need to come together in the African unity that Which independent African state, which of you here, will claim that its financial structure and banking institutions are fully harnessed to its national development? 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