.A. ADIIlYeIDi
- July 1964, the second an­
nual conference of the Or­
ganization of African Unity
(6AU) as held in Cairo,
Egypt. At the time under the
leadership of Gamel Abdel
Nas ar, the United Arab
Republic (Egypt) leading
e amo the r dical . -im-
perialist oatio in Africa and
the middle-east. .
Egypt had undergone
chaoae of gove�ent during .
1952 which eventuapy lead to
it's staunch policy again t
British Imperialism, Zionism
and colonialism in Africa. In
1956, N . na1jzed the
British controlled Suez Canal
leadiDg to a military con­
Oid with Britain and IsraeL
Durin the early 19605,
Egypt under N ar hosted
hundreds of members of nation-
. al bOer tion moycments from .
territorie Still under co oDial
rule in Africa. At thi time
Egypt made a coDSCio politi­
cal decision in CODjUDdion ·th
Dr. K Nkrumah of Ghana
a d the other r di�al pan-
African . -imperialist
to break down the imperialist
imposed division between north
aDd sub-saharan Africa.
H�r, by 1963 n die
OAU formed in Addis
OAU again under different ag
Ababa,Ethiopia,tbeAfricanin- NEO.COLONIALIS . I take mi6t . stanceinrelation
dependent es were · into AFRICA to colonial regimes..fDd the
various f ctions based on organization.'s rei tionship to
regionalism, politics and By the early 1960s after e the world community ere
colonially imposed I nguage ern im .. collabor _ paramount in the proceedid •.
differences. tioo in the sab ogiDg of Con- Kwame Nbumah, president
The two main fac:tions 'Were goIeae independence resadting of Ghana's First Republic,
the majority MODI'cMa group, in the assawnation of Patrice stated during his ddress at the
which held a micro-nation8tilt Lumumba, the radical aDti-im- 1964 OAU conference that: "I
pro-we tern vie and the pcriaIiat forces began to recog- not arguing that 'We should
C blanca group, composed nize that political cut off all economic relation­
of evea -couatrles, includiDa independence devoid of shil?' with countrie_s out side
Egypt, . ch took a more con- CCX)Il • c power was rendering Africa. I am n �ymg tlta we
tinental pan-African and anti- Africa to a new systematic form sh�uld � �ore1p trade �
imperialist position in r d to of exploitation and depeadeacy . reject foremg m'VeStment. �
both dome tic and foreign by the' I am ying .. �t we should get
policy. UCS.' Africa's inability to put down together, think together, "Ian
This schism reflectiYe of the imperialist inspired conflict tog.ther and organiz�· our
the political hi tory of the in Congo during the early 196Os, Afri� economy a umt, and
vario natiOlHtates in regard illustrated the lack of a collec- negotl�te o�r o�ers as
to the proce es that each tive political will on the con- economic relaboDS as. p of
respective coIny to it', indc- tinent. Ghana, Egypt, Mali, our g�beral. continental
peedeaee. Some countriea Guinea, and Algeria were ecoDODll': plan':'lDg.
G waged a protracted militant in their pleas for the On�y In thl w�y can e
political to become the formation of an AU-African gotlate economic ana g-
lint sub- colony to pin Hi&h Command to fight against � on terms fair to ounel-
geDuiDe iDcIepcDcIcDc:e ill 1957. the forces of coIODialism ud - · I
In Algeria, the National Libera- imperialism on the continent.. .
tion Front (PLN) fought an HoweYer, their � were THE O''''U AND ... 'DRiC
eight year guerilla ar which rejected by majority of nco- AMERI�S ftI I
drove the French colonialist eolODial control1�. statc;a . 0 It· also sipifi�t that t
hom the COUDtry.' upheld the cardinal pnmcple the 1964 OAU Cairo con-
Whereas other former ensbriDed � �e O�U charter. ference MaIco X presented
colonie s ch Coa&o aDd prohibited iDtcderence ,. eight-pile mcmoraod to
terri':� theinF:ee::. � intbeinternalaffairsofmcmber the heads of ta e askiDg. or
ates. their support in the struggles of
Africa experienced inde- When the OAU conYencd i people of African descent in
pende ee processes which were. seeo d annual conference in America. .
ha tingly eoaeeived by the Cairo in 1964 the issue of Placing the plight of Afri
colonialists and desiped for whether the orj,nization would within the context of the inter-
failure. -
Every Day \t\e Talk �
Over A Thousand People
About A LOOn'1
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Th.lk 1> u 'ixlaJl
At Manufactums Bank make hans fc.
thing &an Ixme � 10 tone rmtgages,
� to autrmDJes. Plus, we offer govenunen
ban programs with special .t terms, are
sure to fit any budget. WhaleYeryrur � needs,
to wr Consumer Loan Department (at 222-2826
(W wr Mmgage Department ( 222-5325). Or .
� Bank today to- ban infmnatDl.
'ix!'U urderstmi why
somany�·
"'_"S my bank:' �n w
national struggle against im­
perialism and coloniali m,
Malcolm laid the ideological
basis for the emergence of
. modem-day Pan-Africanism in
the
Although in recent months
Reverend Je e J ackson h
been credited with .coining' the
African-American nationality
description, Malcolm, t,wenty­
five years before in Cairo
declared at the OAU con­
ference. "The OAAU h sent
me to attend thi historic
African summit conference as
an observer to represent the in­
tere t of 22 million African­
Americans whose human rights
are being vio ted daily by the
racism of American im­
perialists. •
Malcolm�s identification
ith Africa sprang from a
militant anti-imperialist aDd
pan-Africanist perspective,
the iDclusiYe biddiDg of J
J cbon, seeking entry into the
America Democrat" c Party
and the political system.
These eurrea surrounding
the . . of Malcolm X to Cairo
and other African countrie
along with the revolutionary
po ture of Egypt and other
African countries, e r ec­
live of the burgeoining IDOYe­
ment toward African unity
based on anti-imperialism and
the national rec:onstructiOD of
African and ceo .
EGYPI' AND AFRICA TODAY
After the death of Nassar ill'
1970, Egypt's progre ive
domestic and foreign policy ob­
jectiYeS began to shift. In the
aftermath of the October 1973 . .
�gypt-Israeli war, the ne
Egyptian leader An Sada
moved closer to the U ni ed
States. •
Breaking former ties with the
Soviet Union and igning
separate peace treaty with Is­
rael, Egypt oon became the
largest recipient of U.S. foreign
aid in Africa. It i al 0 the
second largest recipient, next to
Israel, of U.S. . d intemation -
Iy. .
As a result, how can Egypt
the current der of the OAU
adequ tely represent Africa'
interest? Ho ni Mubarak,
r F
DOHo n
ph rm ev
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