National Chapter of Pan African Association Formed



The Independent (Banjul)

February 11, 2002
Posted to the web February 11, 2002

Buya Jammeh
Banjul

The Gambian Chapter of the Pan African Association has been formed by a
group of Gambian youths to promote unity within the continent.

Speaking to The Independent on the spirit behind the formation of the
association, its chairperson Mamudou Jallow, stated that the impetus was
drawn from the European and American examples, and the need for Africans to
work together to develop the continent.

He opined that Africa has the human potentials and the natural resources to
develop like the rest of the world if only its people could sit, concentrate
and design the future and destiny of the continent. He attributed the
prosperity of Europe to the unity of the continent, adding that the European
common currency, the euro, was originally an African idea.

He condemned the present world economic order as unfavourable to Africa,
because, as he put it, the continent has no say in any decision about the
world's economy.

He described President Jammeh as a leader whose mind has been liberated from
the siege of colonial mentality, as could be evidenced from the
pan-Africanist slant of his speeches over the past seven years.

"It is high time for Gambians to reactivate this movement in our motherland
and give more zest to the push for African integration", he said.

He outlined the aims and objectives of the association to include promoting
and liberating African culture, upholding peace and dialogue as the best
means to conflict resolution, self-respect and confidence among Africans.

On his own part, Amat Jawara, the secretary general of the association
advised people not see the association as political, but purely for the
integration and development of Africa.

He defined Pan Africanism as the struggle for the total liberation and
unification of the African continent.





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