Pan-Africanism is the name given to an ideology that believes that the union of peoples from all countries of the African continent in the fight against racial prejudice and social problems is an alternative to try solve them.
Based on this ideology, the Organization of African Unity (1963) was created, which has been disseminated and supported mainly by Afro-descendants living outside Africa.
Among the ideology's proposals is the social structuring of the continent through an ethnic relocation in Africa, uniting groups separated and separating rival groups, for example, given that this happened during the continental division imposed by the colonizers Europeans. In addition to the recovery of religious practices, such as ancestor worship and encouragement of the use of native languages, previously prohibited by colonizers.
In reality, Pan-Africanism is a movement of a social, philosophical and political character, which aims to promote the defense of the rights of the African people, constituting a single sovereign State for Africans living or not in the Africa.
The main creators of pan-Africanist theory were Edward Burghardt Du Bois and Marcus Musiah Garvey.
In 2002 the African Union was officially established to replace the Organization of African Unity. The following year, the union took aggressive initiatives in relation to possible solutions to the region's crises, in addition to encouraging integration between the countries.
The aim of the African Union is to establish a continent free for the movement of people, a continental parliament, a court and a Central Bank, so that a single currency can circulate in the future, intentions based on the Union's European.
Strengthening Africa in the 21st century requires a huge effort, given that the continent is plagued by poverty, misery, wars, disease, corruption. Therefore, building this continent is a great challenge and, therefore, the grouping of countries can bring positive results.
By Eduardo de Freitas
Graduated in Geography
Brazil School Team
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