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'Global Africa': A Vision Facing Challenges and Opportunities
'Global Africa': A Vision Facing Challenges and Opportunities
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The concept of "Global Africa," encompassing the African continent and the African diaspora, holds immense potential for fostering unity, collaboration, and... 18.07.2024, Sputnik Africa
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In an interview with Sputnik Africa, Eric McLaren Phillips, chair of the Guyana Reparations Committee and Vice Chair of the Caribbean Reparation Commission, highlighted the importance of recognizing the common interests and challenges faced by people of African descent globally.He emphasized the need for mobilizing the diaspora, which has played a crucial role in African independence movements, to amplify their voices and work towards a common future.He acknowledged that the concept of "Global Africa" would be met with resistance from the West due to the existing power dynamics fueled by colonialism, exploitation, and racism. “It's not in the interest of the West for there to be a global Africa where there is fair trade, where there are not many odious contracts.”For his part, Prof. Abel Kinoti Meru, a visiting professor at the University of International Studies in Dakar, Senegal, offered a more optimistic perspective. He views the diaspora as a positive outcome of the infamous transatlantic slave trade, allowing African culture and identity to flourish in various parts of the world.Both experts agree on the need for greater unity and collaboration among African nations and the diaspora. While challenges remain, they emphasize the importance of pursuing a vision of "Global Africa" to address shared injustices and harness collective strength for a more equitable future.
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'Global Africa': A Vision Facing Challenges and Opportunities
19:04 18.07.2024 (Updated: 10:25 19.07.2024) Muhammad Nooh Osman
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The concept of "Global Africa," encompassing the African continent and the African diaspora, holds immense potential for fostering unity, collaboration, and empowerment. However, realizing this vision faces significant challenges rooted in the shared colonial history of Africa and the Caribbean, according to experts.
In an
interview with
Sputnik Africa,
Eric McLaren Phillips, chair of the Guyana Reparations Committee and Vice Chair of the Caribbean Reparation Commission, highlighted the importance of recognizing the common interests and challenges faced by people of African descent globally.
He emphasized the need for mobilizing the
diaspora, which has played a crucial role in African independence movements, to amplify their voices and work towards a common future.
“The diaspora is probably 500 million people,” Phillips noted. “So when you look at that and all the issues facing us because of racism, which, by the way, I define slavery as the first nuclear bomb to impact Africa and racism as a second nuclear bomb, because racism has become a political system of who gets and who doesn't.”
He acknowledged that the concept of "Global Africa" would be met with resistance from the West due to the existing power dynamics fueled by colonialism, exploitation, and racism. “It's not in the interest of the West for there to be a global Africa where there is fair trade, where there are not many odious contracts.”
For his part,
Prof. Abel Kinoti Meru, a visiting professor at the University of International Studies in Dakar, Senegal, offered a more optimistic perspective. He views the diaspora as a positive outcome of the infamous transatlantic slave trade, allowing African culture and identity to
flourish in various parts of the world.
“When you have institutions like the Afreximbank (African Export-Import Bank) that are also supporting the Caribbean countries, you feel like we are actually moving in the right direction,” Meru told Sputnik Africa.
Both experts agree on the need for greater unity and collaboration among African nations and the diaspora. While challenges remain, they emphasize the importance of pursuing a vision of "Global Africa" to address shared injustices and harness collective strength for a more equitable future.
