'A question currently answered by increasing ignorance'
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| The Universal Negro Improvement Association's flag - aka the Pan-African Flag. |
Retrospectively, my initial argument of the manifestation of Pan-Africanism's feasibility always played to tunes of "Africa is to diverse and too divided-", "But, who would even lead this movement?" and "Pan-Africanism would only provide an alibi for aspiring Gaddafi's and Mugabe's". Clearly revealing my lack of faith in this ideal ideology however, most, if not all of my opinions were based on hear-says and media constructed images of intra-Africa relations.
Therefore, I've decided to do the just thing by simply deconstructing this investigation into a multiple part post series. Simply to obtain a well informed analytical response to this question there by, daring to break away from the Afro-Caribbean traditions of opinion based Barbershop debate-slams and 'Aunty Vera' vs 'Uncle Gbenga's' afro-political theories.
Currently, I have no answer to the question posed, so this investigation is just as much as a journey for me as it is for you. I intend for my next post to cover the definition and historical context of Pan-Africanism.
But by no means should you solely trust the arguments presented before you, for this is me formally warning you of my political and social bias will inevitably permeate the presentation of my work.
Elo.
Your approach of thinking is obligatory in this generation that we are living in. Pan-Africanism is a focus that is too unfathomable to be discussed over an inadequate amount of time. This belief is one that really electrifies my passions as I envision my ancestors’ autonomy as they joined together as one. Although one may assume that Africa’s inhabitants are too miscellaneous and too great to be fused as one again, I do believe that this enthusiasm and purpose may be a route to joy within the Motherland. As the Bible does say in Psalm 133:1, “Behold, how good and how pleasant it is For brothers to dwell together in unity!”, we should not feel constrained and restricted into classifying ourselves as belonging to a particular part of Africa but rather take pride in being African as a whole. Don’t you think this concept is beautiful? If this was to ever transpire, perhaps fewer people would feel so apprehensive about their origin and stop prioritising other African countries as being more complimentary and attractive.
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