May 10, 2012 - Issue 471 |
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African Liberation
Day 2012: Part II
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This is the second of a two part series discussing the origin and development of African Liberation Day (click here to read Part I). The month of May is very important in the worldwide African Liberation Movement. During this month, throughout the African world Community, African Liberation Day (ALD) is celebrated. It is important
that African Liberation Day be a vehicle to continue to highlight the
problems, challenges and the future of African people everywhere. The
challenges facing Africa and African people worldwide require that we
remain dedicated to the cause of The colonial period
in Africa, as well as the enslavement of African people who were captured
and brought to North America, had a devastating impact on African people
did not sit idly by. Just as we resisted our slave circumstances in African people began waging a battle to reclaim their lands. This has been a long and bitter struggle. Resistance to white supremacy and colonial domination took many shapes and forms. The Pan African
meetings (1900-1945) provided a mechanism for a small group of African
leaders to plan and plot strategy for African freedom. The Garvey Movement
of the 1920s brought the idea of African freedom and independence to the
masses of our people around the world. “ It was not until
the early 1950s that the first African country gained political independence
in the movement to reclaim This independence movement sparked an onslaught of African people reclaiming their territories and led to the formation of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) in May 1963. (This is why we celebrate ALD in May.) It was during this period that Malcolm X linked the struggle of African people in this country with the struggle of African people worldwide. It is interesting
to note that the Civil Rights Movement in this country was sparked in
The call for support
of our brothers and sisters fighting against the Portuguese in African Liberation
Day is a day when all Black people should come together. As I have emphasized
many times before, whether you were born in Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Ethiopia,
South Africa, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Jamaica, Belize, Bahia, Germany, England,
France, Alabama, Georgia, or on 47th Street in Chicago, as long as
you are Black, you are an African with a common heritage and a common
set of conditions. We must continue to fight against racism and white
supremacy as we demand reparations for African people in BlackCommentator.com Columnist, Conrad W. Worrill, PhD, is the National Chairman Emeritus of the National Black United Front (NBUF). Click here to contact Dr. Worrill. |
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