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An open letter to Emmanuel Macron: You are not a Panafricanist and can never be!

Farida Bemba Nabourema — Thu, 14 May 2026 09:07:37 +0000

Emmanuel Macron, you are not a Pan Africanist and you can never become one. You are the president of the nation that has done more than almost any other on this planet to ensure that Pan Africanism remained an unattainable dream. The least you could do, the absolute minimum demanded by honesty and history, is to remain silent.

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Understanding Constructivist Pan-Africanism

Farida Bemba Nabourema — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 19:23:31 +0000

The reflection explores the persistent challenges facing Africa despite political independence, and identifies political, economic and deep-rooted moral and structural problems.

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Samia Suluhu’s discomfiting revelation: Gender alone does not inoculate one from dictatorship and demagoguery

Oduor Jagero — Tue, 10 Jun 2025 14:41:54 +0000

In Samia Suluhu’s rise and subsequent consolidation, one sees not only the imprint of her own personality but also the enduring strength of a political structure that prizes unity and control above all. It is a cautionary tale of how, even when a break in the glass ceiling is achieved—shards of hope glinting in the sunlight—the underlying machinery of control can pull a leader back into conformity.

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Africans Rising Borderless Africa Convening: The Lusaka Communiqué

Africans Rising — Wed, 29 May 2024 07:40:50 +0000

The Borderless Africa – Free Movement Campaign seeks to achieve an Africa where Africans can move around their own continent without the current restrictions in place. For better trade, integration and development. Lusaka hosted a 3 day hybrid conference in May which brought together all campaigners and stakeholders across Africa and beyond who work in diverse ways towards the realisation of a borderless Africa.

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Opinion | PanAfricanists must seek a radical cure for the open wound that is the state in Africa

Morris Odhiambo — Mon, 05 Feb 2024 18:57:26 +0000

It will continue to be challenging to achieve PanAfricanist goals across Africa unless citizens forcefully demand accountability.

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