Amid the burning of Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the Sahel, members of the GlobUs expert club analyzed the current state of Pan-Africanism on Panafrican Media TV, leaving a key question open: can this idea stop the continent's descent into chaos, or will it remain a monument to unfulfilled dreams?
"Until Africa speaks with one voice, we will be used and divided. Why does pan-Europeanism work, but pan-Africanism doesn't?" asks political analyst and professor of African history at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania, Gnaka Lagoke, pointing to the continent's systemic paralysis.
Professor Laeed Zaghlami delivered a harsher verdict.
"I am ashamed to be an African, looking at how we have squandered the legacy of the leaders of the 1960s. We lack political will, not vision. "Our institutions are empty — they lack competent people," he stated.
At the same time, professor and educational consultant Nadjet Zammouri sees glimmers of hope in the architecture of the African Union and regional blocs, but cautions:
"Pan-Africanism is not a miracle solution. Africa must finance its own institutions. We have the resources."
The discussion suggests that the continent will be unable to resist external interference and internal divisions until it moves from the rhetoric of solidarity to the creation of real mechanisms — from a common army to economic independence.
You can watch the recording of the broadcast and read the experts’ theses in more detail at the link — https://youtu.be/WQPtr5aFoVs?si=lh3sNyA5Gn7MuVzA
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"Until Africa speaks with one voice, we will be used and divided. Why does pan-Europeanism work, but pan-Africanism doesn't?" asks political analyst and professor of African history at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania, Gnaka Lagoke, pointing to the continent's systemic paralysis.
Professor Laeed Zaghlami delivered a harsher verdict.
"I am ashamed to be an African, looking at how we have squandered the legacy of the leaders of the 1960s. We lack political will, not vision. "Our institutions are empty — they lack competent people," he stated.
At the same time, professor and educational consultant Nadjet Zammouri sees glimmers of hope in the architecture of the African Union and regional blocs, but cautions:
"Pan-Africanism is not a miracle solution. Africa must finance its own institutions. We have the resources."
The discussion suggests that the continent will be unable to resist external interference and internal divisions until it moves from the rhetoric of solidarity to the creation of real mechanisms — from a common army to economic independence.
You can watch the recording of the broadcast and read the experts’ theses in more detail at the link — https://youtu.be/WQPtr5aFoVs?si=lh3sNyA5Gn7MuVzA
#GlobUs #Africa #PanAfricanism #Geopolitics #AfricanUnion