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May 6, 2010 - Issue 374 |
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African
Liberation Day 2010: Part I |
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This
is the first of a two-part article on the origin and development of African
Liberation Day (ALD). The celebration of African Liberation Day (ALD)
in the In 1973, ALD was
decentralized and From the 1980s
through 1997, NBUF Chicago Chapter sponsored African Liberation Day /
ALD on the Westside, where we marched down African Liberation Day has become an institution throughout the African world. It is a day when all people of African ancestry should come together. Whether you were born in Ghana, Nigeria, Liberia, Kenya, Ethiopia, South Africa, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Haiti, Jamaica, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Belize, Bahia, Canada, Cuba, Trinidad, Puerto Rico, Paris, or Chicago, as long as you are Black, you are an African, with a common heritage, and a common set of conditions. As we prepare
to participate in the upcoming weekend of events and activities, we must
always remember the origin and development of African Liberation Day.
Our ancestor, Kwame Ture, explained, �ALD was
founded by Kwame Nkrumah on the occasion of
the First Conference of Independent States held in Accra, Ghana and attended
by eight independent states. The 15th of April was declared African Freedom
Day to mark each year the onward process of the liberation movement, and
to symbolize the determination of the people of Further, the AAPRP
(All-African People�s Revolutionary Party) points out that, �On the 25th
of May 1963, 31 African heads of state convened a summit meeting to found
the Organization of African Unity. They proclaimed May 25th as ALD and
called for mass demonstrations and manifestations in every comer of The idea of ALD has its origins in the long history of African people to break free of the yoke of European domination and white supremacy. This is a time in which we emphasize our oneness as a people with a common past, common set of problems, and a common future. The capturing of millions of African people, who were placed in slavery and introduced into the western hemisphere as property and commodities, is the backdrop upon which we commemorate African Liberation Day. It was the slave
trade industry of the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth-centuries
involving Britain, France, Portugal, Spain, Belgium, and Germany that
served as the foundation for these western powers and provided them the
margin of profit in getting the greatest return from their investment.
The western world still seeks to keep After chattel
slavery was abolished in This resulted
in the calling of the Berlin Conference in 1884, where the European powers
united to divide the continent of I will continue
the discussion of the origin and development of African Liberation Day
in my next column. The Milwaukee Chapter of NBUF will be holding their
ALD Celebration on Saturday, May 22nd beginning at 12 noon at BlackCommentator.com Columnist, Conrad W. Worrill, PhD, is the National Chairman of the National Black United Front (NBUF). Click here to contact Dr. Worrill. |
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