If there is one thing I admire about tehe Europeans, it is their sense of "european-ness". Sure, people feel nationalistic, but the Fortress Europe has ensured that the European project has been pretty much drummed in. I can say rather safely that generally, Europeans feel proud about their EU.Africans on the other hand are stumbling; they don't seem to be united, or even always agree to disagree so easily. I don't blame them so much, but I do think the policy-makers will not change if we citizens do not force them to. Technological platforms have created no excuse whatsoever to propoagate the African message and the African personality.
If those at the top will not do it, I believe it behooves you, me, everybody to do their part.
To that end, I set up the "I am an African Union(AU) Citizen" blog--a project that had been one year in the making--to project not just African values (as enshrined in the AU constitutive Act or the AU's Peace and Security Council), but what I call the "AU-frican" personality.
Furthermore, I will use it as a platform to encourage discussions on what the African Union is doing all over the continent--be it peace & security or on crime prevention and drugs.
Long live ECOWAS, love live Africa, long live the AU!
Access the blog http://african-union-citizen.blogspot.com
2 comments:
Good work. I am not, personally, a believer in Pan-Africanism, but I will be watching this space. I like your energy.
Nana Yaw--thx for praising my energy:-) Long may it continue! Say, when is the legal stuff coming on to your blog?
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