African Renaissance.
ABSTRACT
African Renaissance is synonymous to Afrocentism and Pan-Africanism,they all share a common goal. All these terminologies have being a common currency in African for some time now. Though promoted by past leaders, but it became pronounced and made popular by Thabo Mbeki. This paper gives the root meaning of the concept of African Renaissance as it also exposes the ills caused by colonialism. This paper goes further to expose diverse heroes who stood for the freedom of the African continent.It went further to expound Pan-africanism and factors that is militating against African unity. The paper throws more light on the MDGs as it ponders on ‘African Reaissance’s’ vision to transform and salvage the black race. Consequently, on the other hand to reveal the distinct pillars of African Renaissance that is capable to foster growth and development in the black race and also the distinctiveness of Africa has being explitly outlined. The paper recommends independence to some degree of the continent Africa to enable for self-sufficiency, political, economical, social and cultural emancipation.
INTRODUCTION: For so long Africa has been experiencing untold hardship in the areas of political, socio-cultural, and most importantly in the economic spheres. As a result of the colonial encounter, African nations were so much exploited by the West of their God given natural and human resources such like, coal, petroleum, limeston, gold, diamond looted from Africa to overseas and also made use of Africans as slaves. “Nationalism in the form of desire to exalt a state and to add to its prestige drives men into carrying their flag, their culture, their language, and their institutions into every power-weak area on earth, and it compels governments to justify, defend and champion the economic ventures of their nationals in foreign lands, especially weak ones.” (Palmer and Perkins,
African Renaissance is synonymous to Afrocentism and Pan-Africanism,they all share a common goal. All these terminologies have being a common currency in African for some time now. Though promoted by past leaders, but it became pronounced and made popular by Thabo Mbeki. This paper gives the root meaning of the concept of African Renaissance as it also exposes the ills caused by colonialism. This paper goes further to expose diverse heroes who stood for the freedom of the African continent.It went further to expound Pan-africanism and factors that is militating against African unity. The paper throws more light on the MDGs as it ponders on ‘African Reaissance’s’ vision to transform and salvage the black race. Consequently, on the other hand to reveal the distinct pillars of African Renaissance that is capable to foster growth and development in the black race and also the distinctiveness of Africa has being explitly outlined. The paper recommends independence to some degree of the continent Africa to enable for self-sufficiency, political, economical, social and cultural emancipation.
INTRODUCTION: For so long Africa has been experiencing untold hardship in the areas of political, socio-cultural, and most importantly in the economic spheres. As a result of the colonial encounter, African nations were so much exploited by the West of their God given natural and human resources such like, coal, petroleum, limeston, gold, diamond looted from Africa to overseas and also made use of Africans as slaves. “Nationalism in the form of desire to exalt a state and to add to its prestige drives men into carrying their flag, their culture, their language, and their institutions into every power-weak area on earth, and it compels governments to justify, defend and champion the economic ventures of their nationals in foreign lands, especially weak ones.” (Palmer and Perkins,