
Africa Day, and the Measure of a Continent
Africa Day should not be observed merely as a ritual of speeches and nostalgia. It should be approached as a test.
WEDNESDAY, 03 JUNE 2026, 20:09

Africa Day should not be observed merely as a ritual of speeches and nostalgia. It should be approached as a test.

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The farce lies in the performance of Pan-Africanism without power. It lies in institutions that speak of unity while African economies remain exposed to rating agencies, foreign currencies, creditor punishments and donor instructions. It lies in regional bodies that discipline disobedient states while tolerating client regimes that sell their people into permanent dependency

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