KemetLeadsTheir words
“If we are truly driven by the burning will to build African Unity, we must take Africa as it is; we must renounce all territorial claims.”
Source: Discours prononcé à la 1ère Conférence de l'OUA, Addis-Abeba, 24 mai 1963
Context The status of borders inherited from colonial rule was disputed among newly independent states, several of which claimed territory held by their neighbours.
Pick the card background
More words from Politics & Liberation
“It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.”
Nelson Mandela South Africa♥ 0
“Our independence is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of Africa.”
Kwame Nkrumah Ghana♥ 0
“It's true, you cannot kill ideas. Ideas do not die.”
Thomas Sankara Burkina Faso♥ 0
Newsletter
Get the briefing. It's free.
Every week, our take on the leaders and forces shaping Africa and its diaspora — straight to your inbox.