Tag: By Prof. Robert Dussey

Need For Solidarity Between Africa, Its Diaspora And Afro-Descendants: A Major Challenge of The 9th Pan-African Congress

Prof. Robert Dussey

  The idea of moving towards a 9th Pan-African Congress in Lomé, Togo, was imposed on Africa for a number of reasons. This includes the need put an end to the paradox between the desire clearly expressed at institutional and national levels by the African Union to involve the diasporas more deeply in the work of continental development and the feeling of abandonment by Africa among several Afro-descendants. Some Afro-descendants feel resentful towards Africa because of the continent’s lack of commitment to them. They claim to be African and often…

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We Must Ensure The Continuity Of Pan-Africanism After Lome, By Prof. Robert Dussey

Prof. Robert Dussey

Lomé, the capital city of Togo, will be hosting the 9th Pan-African Congress in the coming months. This highly significant event for the African world and Afro-descendants, which is part of the implementation of the 2021-2031 Agenda of the African Union’s Decade of African Roots and the African Diaspora, is the fourth of its kind on the continent after the Dar-es-Salam (1974), Kampala (1994) and Johannesburg (2014) Congresses. This continental appropriation of the Pan-African Congress as an institution that periodically brings together the African community, after the first five editions…

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