The day Africa almost became a united state:

Mark Anthony - Johnson

The day Africa almost became a united state: The dream of a united Africa started way before the formulation of the #OrganisationofAfricanUnity (OAU) in 1963 following an intervention by the King of #Ethiopia, #HaileSelassie I in #AddisAbaba.

In the early 1960s, when independence was sweeping throughout the colonized continent, liberation fighters and independence heroes were loosely speaking about a #unitedAfrica that will end colonization in the whole #continent.

Ghana’s first president, Dr #KwameNkrumah, had verbalized the idea in 1957 when the Gold Coast gained independence from #Britain. He proposed for an immediate unity of the #continent.

Nkrumah further wrote about #Africanunity and showed the way by financially supporting #Guinea after the #French abandoned the newly independent country in 1958. He also organised the first #PanAfrican meeting called the All-African People’s Conference in the same year. https://lnkd.in/eWjxUsc

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