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As I have said before, sometimes a good idea can come from someone you do not agree with. The current African model isn't working...it is time to try something new. It won't be easy and it won't happen overnight and you won't get everyone to agree and you don't know who will wind up heading the Union (Texas, anyone?); moving to a United Africa is actually several steps in the right direction and it is an idea that young Africans can get behind and support and will give them a reason to get their education and remain in Africa to make the unity happen. Besides, as we all know, a house divided against itself cannot stand.
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From: Lasisi Ibrahim <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 10:16 pm
Subject: Re: What do you think about the United States of Africa? Share your thoughts...
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> GREETINGS
> Colonel Qaddafi is one leader from the northern part of Africa
> who is ALWAYS PROUD TO BE AN AFRICAN.Never trying to
> minimize his tie to the rest of Africa
> I wish him success in continuing the work of other great African
> leaders(b4 him) that we so deeply miss and desperately need.
> Thanks
> Lasisi
>
> --- On Wed, 2/11/09, Collins Ouko <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> From: Collins Ouko <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: What do you think about the United States of Africa?
> Share your thoughts...
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> Date: Wednesday, February 11, 2009, 5:22 PM
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> You gotta be kidding,
> The election of Gadaffi as the chairman of AU probably set whole
> continet a
> decade or two back.
> Gadaffi is not the man to champion a united Africa, he neither
> believes in nor
> supports democracy.
> I would be willing to listen to that idea of US of Africa if it was
> espoused by
> a Lumumba, Nkurumah, Mandela, Annan or any of the other greats from Africa.
> To listen to Gaddaffi talking about a united Africa is both insulting
> and
> hypocrytical.
> Besides, a united Africa is the least in the long list of Africa's needs
> and problems.
> Until the whole continent is a democracy this idea will remain a dream.
> We can't get Sudan to stop killing its citizens, we can't get Somalia
> to function as a nation.
> The East African countries can't agree on their "union", and
> let's not even get started on Zimbabwe, Chad, Zaire or Nigeria.
> And are you serious that you are glad Gaddaffi is the Chairman of AU?
> Nothing aginst the man, but he neither believes in what the AU stands
> for nor
> what the rest of the continent is trying to achieve.
> US of Africa gets a NO vote from me.
>
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> Just recently at the African Union Summit in Ethiopia,
> Libyan Leader Colonel Kaddafi and other leaders brought back to the
> podium the idea of forming the United States of Africa.
> This idea was first propounded by the likes of Nkrumah, Lumumba,
> Tubman, Sekou Toure et al, during the era of the Organization of
> African Unity (OAU).
>
>
>
> I want to congratulate the Libyan leader for his ascendancy to the
> leadership of the African Union and his bold vision of re-articulating
> the dream of having a United States of Africa.
> This dream is overdue and it is time that we work with the Libyan
> leader and other well meaning Africans to see this dream come true.
> Here are few points i will like to state here as a way forward:
>
>
>
> - that membership into the Union be voluntary;
>
> - that the capital city of the union be Johanesburg, South Africa if
> they
> decide to be a member;
>
> - that the governance structure of the Union be based on sound democratic
> principle within the
>
> framework of the federal system;
>
> - that the model of the United States of America be a stepping stone
> in the
> right direction;
>
> - that a serious publicity be launched globally to encourage African
> governments and Africans to accept this idea;
>
> - that debates be held around the continent and the diaspora for detail
> resolution in achieving this monumental dream.
>
>
>
> Such union will unite Africa and bring economic growth to the dark
> continent of the world. It will also enhance democratic values
> throughout the continent. It is time that we debate this concept and at
> the end come up with the best proposal to push our continent forward.
>
>
>
>
> I hope the Libyan leader will try to form a coalition of Africans ( be
> it poor, middle class or rich ) in achieving this goal. The world is
> looking and it is time for a change for a better tomorrow on the dark
> continent of Africa.
>
>
>
> Isettro
>
>
>
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