Abayomi Azikiwe After more than six decades since the gathering of the first All-African People’s Conference (AAPC) in Accra, Ghana on 8-13 December 1958, renewal of revolutionary Pan-Africanism is needed on the continent and globally. At that time Ghana was the fountainhead of Pan-Africanism where the previous year the Convention People’s Party (CPP) and its…
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All African People’s Conference at 60
A-APRP Two 60th Anniversary Commemorations of the First All African People’s Conference December 5-13, 2018 The first All African People’s Conference (AAPC) commemoration December 5-8, organized by the University of Ghana Legon was an intellectual gathering bringing together intellectuals and activists to expound on the “Unfinished Business” of the First AAPC. The conference cosponsored by…
Commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the All African People’s Conference
A conference in Accra, Ghana, revisited the 1958 All African People’s Conference, under the banner of “The Unfinished Business of Liberation and Transformation”. The legendary convenor of that first conference, Dr Kwame Nkrumah, famously said, “The objective is African Union. We must unite now or perish.” Yaw Adjei-Gyamfi considers how far we have journeyed towards…
Nkrumah’s All Africa People’s Conference: The Zimbabwean Factor
Brooks Marmon This December marks the 60th anniversary of the All African People’s Conference (AAPC) in Accra, Ghana. The nearly weeklong event in 1958 convened some 200 people representing 60 organisations from 27 countries, including prominent pan-African personalities like Patrice Lumumba and Tom Mboya. It marked a decisive shift in the organisation of pan-Africanist conferences…
The Osagyefo Educational Experience in Ghana
A-APRP Portion of Comrades from the A-APRP 50th Anniversary Commemoration in Ghana Several 50 Year activities commemorating Kwame Nkrumah writing and publishing of the “Handbook of Revolutionary Warfare” in 1968 were organized by the All African People’s Revolutionary Party (A-APRP) in Ghana in September of 2018. These activities demonstrated a living example of Nkrumah’s call…
Socialism in Africa or One Unified Socialist Africa: The 2-Line Struggle of the African Left
Sobukwe Shukura, A-APRP Central Committee Political Critique of the recently concluded PAT conference in Winneba, Ghana The Pan-Africanism Today (PAT) conference distinguished itself from the right opportunism of 7th PAC (hosted by the neo-colonialist forces in Uganda) and 8th PAC that made no ideological commitment to socialism or mass organizations like workers, women or youth….
Pan-Africanism Conference Charts Course Towards a Socialist Continent
The hundreds of delegates who met in Ghana held discussions on five major themes that are of prime importance in the struggle against capitalism and imperialism Delegates from 60 countries took part in the conference that was held in the city of Winneba in Ghana. Photo: Nina Fideles/Brasil de Fato Prasanth R. The third Pan-Africanism…
Unite or Perish: A Pan-African Cry
Kwame Nkrumah remained committed to the fight against capitalism and its effect: the underdevelopment of Africa. On the occasion of the commemoration of his 109th birthday, we should revisit his call for a united continent. Adjei-Gyamfi Yaw How good and pleasant it would be before God and man to see the unification of all Africans….
Fred M’membe: The Progressive Socialist Wave Has Dawned on the African Continent
Lusaka Times The 2021 presidential candidate of the Socialist Party, Fred M’membe was recently in Ghana where declared that a progressive wave has dawned in Africa. Speaking at the Founder’s Day celebrations in Winneba, Ghana on Friday, September 21, 2018, Dr M’membe declared that Dr Kwame Nkrumah’s socialist revolutionary ideas were on the resurgence, and…
Who Was Kwame Nkrumah, Leader of the First Independent African Country?
Rute Pina Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum in Accra, capital of Ghana / Nina Fideles “We have awakened. We will not sleep anymore. Today, from now on, there is a new African in the world! Our independence is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of Africa.” With those words, African political leader Kwame…
Ghana: Pan-African Activists Remember Slavery at Africa’s Largest Slave Trading Post
Rute Pina More than 400 people from 50 countries are taking part in conference in Winneba, Ghana / Nina Fideles Activists from 50 countries gathered on Thursday to remember the forced dispersion of black people – also known as African diaspora – at Africa’s largest slave trading site. The group met at the São Jorge…
Banners of Solidarity Fly High at the Third Pan-Africanism Today Conference in Ghana
Over 400 militants-activists from nearly 60 countries gather in Winneba in Ghana to discuss the challenges before the working class and the possibilities of joint action Zoe PC and Prasanth R (Photo: Ihsaan Haffejee/New Frame) “Each generation must discover its mission, fulfill it or betray it.” For the 400-odd militants-activists at the Third Pan-Africanism Today…
