PAN-AFRICANISM AND AFRICAN SOVEREIGNTY IN A WORLD OF CHANGE
Abstract
Applying an analytic approach, this paper explores the problems that led to the emergence
of Pan-Africanism so as to find out if those problems have been completely eradicated in
Africa. Among the problems include: colonialism, slavery and bereft African sovereignty.
African sovereignty essentially comprises political, economic and socio-cultural
sovereignty; even science and technology where Africa is yet to establish its footnote, is
also among the problems. If till date, Africa is still being socio-politically, economically
and culturally dominated and controlled by the western world through their financial
institutions such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, it shows
that Africa, as a continent, is still glorying on a bereft sovereignty. The paper argues that
despite the efforts of the African nationalists to reposition African continent from the
colonial domination, the contemporary Africa is more a sufferer than the old Africa that
was physically violated, brutalized and dominated. The work advocates that
contemporary African leaders should live by the liberation spirit of the African forefathers
so as to set Africa free from the shackles of the developed nations, and at the same time,
have a place in a world of change.
of Pan-Africanism so as to find out if those problems have been completely eradicated in
Africa. Among the problems include: colonialism, slavery and bereft African sovereignty.
African sovereignty essentially comprises political, economic and socio-cultural
sovereignty; even science and technology where Africa is yet to establish its footnote, is
also among the problems. If till date, Africa is still being socio-politically, economically
and culturally dominated and controlled by the western world through their financial
institutions such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, it shows
that Africa, as a continent, is still glorying on a bereft sovereignty. The paper argues that
despite the efforts of the African nationalists to reposition African continent from the
colonial domination, the contemporary Africa is more a sufferer than the old Africa that
was physically violated, brutalized and dominated. The work advocates that
contemporary African leaders should live by the liberation spirit of the African forefathers
so as to set Africa free from the shackles of the developed nations, and at the same time,
have a place in a world of change.
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