An African Mandate - Forging A Nation
Third Edition
Proposed By: Ernest Herron U.S.A.
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Introduction
Every time the International Community try to put on a show - to show - the world - that, humanity and care do exist for the African’s Nations, they put on a show and sponsor a few aid’s programs, commit a few million dollars toward Aids and a few of the local diseases that still exist among African’s Nations. Two or three months latter the Aids epidemic gets even worse and the few little millions dollars in foreign aids is gone and never gotten to the people it suppose to have help. IT DEFINATE DIND NOT HELP BUILD THE INFRUSTRUCTURE OF AFRICA.
Now, all those so called champions of human rights and others can really do something that will actual benefit the development and progress of the African’s Nations by encouraging and supporting the establishing of an United States of Africa.

Let me tell you a story. The 36th President of the United States of America - Lyndon B. Johnson had a dream to include ALL Americans in what was known as his “Great Society Program - A War On Poverty.” Who in their right mind do you think would oppose such a noble idea?
Former Mayor of Chicago, Richard Daley refused to support a community project proposed by the late Dr. Martin L. King Jr., because the Federal Funds were not channeled through his office.
The Labor Department resented EEO Job Programs which was a part of Johnson’s War on Poverty Program. The Labor department claims that Johnson’s Job Programs undermined the Union wages. Therefore, the Labor Department was not an advocate of Johnson’s Job Programs.
Even City Halls - of various cities, resented Johnson’s “War On Poverty Programs; because City Halls claim that Johnson’s Great Society Program -War On Poverty undermined them as elected Officials. City Hall claimed that the programs - funding, supported Community Leader who would then run for their office. It was “hell,” not to mention all of the others problems the Nation faced.

Like Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society Program - War on Poverty; I became concerned about all the negative news I was hearing, reading and saw on TV about Africa. Therefore, I decided to do some research on Africa. I remember seeing those old Tarzan movies on TV, reading and hearing all kinds of news about South Africa and Africans struggle against the Apartheid, as well as Mandela struggle. I also read. or was aware of some - history - of Africa’s struggle to gain Independence from Colonialism.

But, Africa History that struck me the most was, the desire and dreams of many Africans and their Leaders to “one day” see Africa as a United Africa, An United States of Africa.
I learned that most historians considered Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society Program a failure. It bother me - how such a noble idea could fail. During such research - on Lyndon B. Johnson Administration; his Great Society Program , you may think that you took a trip to hell and back. I can not go into details about Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society Program because time will not allow it. The point is, how can someone not accept the idea that a United Africa - An United States of Africa is not the best solution to Africa‘s problems. Referencing - to the Africa Union Conference Accra 2007 in Accra, Ghana. The main agenda was to consider the possibility of creating An United States of Africa, which the Conference failed to do. But the door was left open for future consideration.

Practical everyone who knows anything about Africa will practically agree - that SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. That is the purpose of this proposed MANDATE.
Purpose and Objective

Purpose:
The purpose of this Mandate is too promote the idea of creating An United States Of Africa.

Objective:
The objective is to create a Union Government - An United States Of Africa; comprising of all of the existing 53 African Nations - including all and excluding none. The United States of Africa should not to be a replicable of the European Union.

Background Data
I logged on to the United States of Africa blob - web site, and read quite a few of the remarks in response to the question - “Is African unity a dream worth pursuing“?
I have notice a great deal of concern for the political views of Africans in the north as opposed to those in other parts of Africa. .

Quotes from the United States of Africa - blob web-site.
Abednego Majack in Rumbek, Sudan writes
“United States of Africa? The phrase sound good but the question is, do we really see ourselves as African regardless of our colonial boundaries, religions and regional groupings? Here in Sudan our problem is greed that hides behind religious claims such as a non-Muslim cannot rule a Muslim. What is so much special with our creeds that we totally failed to understand that we are all still Africans living on the African continent?

Kwame Nkrumah's vision of a united Africa is at threat unless the Pan African Ideology is fully understood in Somalia, Sudan, Mauritania and Egypt so that people in these countries see themselves as African and not Arabs, see themselves as brothers and sisters not Muslims and Christians. Acquiring an Arab naturalization either through birth or by religion is fine but does it mean creating an Arab continent within the African one?

The AU must be very serious when considering how to make African unity attractive otherwise the continent will still remain in two halves, sub-Saharan Africa and North Africa and problems will develop along that fault line”

Philip A Boldit in Texas, USA writes“A United Sates of Africa is a dream that is attainable. I think that eastern Africa, together with South Africa will be the first to achieve this dream.
But what Africa needs now is the assurance from the big powers, like UK, France, USA and China that a united Africa is not a threat to their interests.

African Arab countries of Sudan, Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Morocco, and Mauritania will have a difficult choice: They will either look more to the Middle East or accept the political reality of being Africans ahead of anything else.”

In response to the above remarks; I wrote: As you will note in my proposal entitled “An African Mandate 2008 - Forging A Nation, I suggested that Libya's Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi be appointed the first president of Africa. As Christians, which include a great deal of blacks in Africa; it is my belief that their religion can withstand the challenger of opening the highest role of government to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi I can not think of any other way of uniting all African within a short period of time than by giving Col. Qaddafi a chance to unite Arabs and all other Africans as one. This will at lease give Arabs a chance to start thinking of themselves as Africans.

I think it is more important to give Col Qaddafi the first chance to unite Arabs as African than for - lets say for Nigeria President or Kofi Annan to prove their concern for Arabs.. As President - I do not think - being President will in no shape or form be a problem for Nigeria President nor Kofi Annan to embrace Arabs as Africans. It appears that the problem will be for Arabs to embrace Africans as their brother and sisters. As President of an United States of Africa this will be Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi job.

Africans have survive wars, Colonialism, the Apartheids and all kinds of endurance, so I believe that they can survive one more test of their faith by offering an olive branch to the Arabs - Libya's Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi It appears to me that this may be the biggest obstacle to establishing an united government. Anything else will probably require years and years of trial and errors.

It is my understanding that there are many Tribes of Africans on the Continent. I do not think uniting the Tribes will be as big of a problem as the Arabs; as long as the government does not force changes upon the Tribes. Due justice to the various Tribes - in my opinion - will be to guarantee the Constitutional - recognition of equal representation in the government. One man - One vote. And this is all the Arabs should demand as Africans. Being a United States of Africa will not require everyone be black Africans, act as black Africans nor even think as black Africans; nor should it requires everyone to think and act as Arabs.

Africa’s Economy
First of all. I always thought that Foreign Aid to Africa were a good thing, and praised the U.S. and other for doing so. Now, I am not so sure whether foreign aid is such a good idea for Africa. It is my opinion that the World Bank and IMF are just another form of slavery. Africa is a Country which is rich - in enough resources that, there is no need for Africa to go around BEGGING LIKE A DOG. That is ridiculous.

U.S. President, Lyndon B. Johnson‘s “Great Society Program - War On Poverty Program” were funded through the U.S. Treasury - Budget. Africa should have a “War On Poverty” program declaring that ALL resources including land and especially oil and gas and all form of energy and wild life be declared properties of the people of Africa. The National Resource Department should be the stewardship of such resources and should have the responsibility of collecting all royalties from those ventures.

To summarize Africa’s Economic crisis I quoted the following document:
Mafabi on United States of Africa
by
Mafabi on United States of Africa

I did not want to distort this document by trying to quote parts of it, so I took the liberty of provided the document as it exist from the source:
David Mafabi of The Daily Monitor, Kampala, Uganda, wrote the following editorial in response to the African Union's proposal to form a 'United States of Africa.'
Will we ever witness a real United States of Africa? Or rather will our future generations ever do so? Learning about the United Nation's millennium goals got me thinking, why can't Africa write her own goals? It does not take a mathematician to figure out that Africa is the wealthiest continent on the planet. In every corner of this great continent there is an abundance of natural resources; minerals, oil, gas, gold, diamonds; which the developed world needs.
Any economist in any western country will gladly inform you that where demand exceeds supply prices are automatically higher. Not in Africa. Let me rephrase that: Western goods sold in Africa are naturally priced higher, but African goods sold here seem to go against the demand & supply rule.

At this juncture I am in the least bit interested in trade quotas or embargos simply because they were made effective a long time ago and were very well suited to the needs of colonial rulers. When our traders (not farmers) cry foul that United States and European farmers get subsidies - thus rendering our produce unsellable within their markets - I cannot help but think 'why send them our produce in the first place?' Isn't Africa starving to the point of extinction? Why should we spend sleepless nights at the thought of the United States not extending AGOA (African Growth and Opportunity Act) when we can make use of the clothes, let alone the export revenue we could earn from other African States?

Wouldn't it be nice for Starbucks Coffee Company to beg countries up and down this continent to sell them coffee beans? Imagine the great British chocolate company Cadbury's pleading to buy cocoa pods from Ghana based on prices that Ghana sets, not the price that was set five or six generations back.

No doubt politicians may read this and pass it off (claiming) that I am talking rubbish since I do not know how prices are set in the first place. That may be true, but I know one thing; and that is that Africans cannot be forced into selling anything that they do not want to - or be forced to sell their products at a set price. What they can do is to find buyers of their products without a set price or better still use their own products. I advocate for the latter: The U.N.'s millennium goal number Eight.

Ours would just be one: Self Sufficiency. This, in my opinion, would be best achieved once we have a united Africa. Africa has the potential to become a food basket for itself and beyond. As the world gets more disenchanted with the use of chemicals in drugs and food we could supply them with organic produce. It could also become the world's biggest jewelry shop, selling and storing gold, diamonds and other gemstones.

Why send diamonds to Brussels and India when people from those countries can come here and buy them with a sticker on them saying 'Made in Africa,' thus increasing tourism? The list is endless. But I hear many of you saying this is not new news. The only message that is new is my message of becoming self-sufficient first, before thinking about exporting.
Businessmen and politicians may say that exports bring in more revenue, but I say 'no wonder the rich get richer.' If forefathers in developed countries did not sacrifice to build their nations patriotically then future generations would not be enjoying the wealth they have today. If we treated this continent like one big country, imagine what quality of life we would have. Imagine Uganda producing only vegetables, Kenya producing only wheat, Tanzania producing only maize, etc. A place for (all) gold, another for diamonds etc. A full-fledged railway line cutting across the continent, sorting out problems of the landlocked countries. We would soon become a China or India - a place where they export more than they import - places which dictate to the rest of the world the price and quantity they send to it. Imagine the development we would enjoy.
But will this ever be achieved? I do not know about you, but my hopes are dim. If within Uganda we can oppose our own Seeya's development plans then how do we expect to co-operate with our neighboring countries? Will we be able to relinquish some of our monopolies to the neighbors? Would we be able to abandon wearing designer clothes and choose to wear our own designed outfits? The East African Community is yet to become a reality. Will the United States of Africa ever see the light of day?

Africa’s Politics
It is my opinion that Libya's Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi. is exactly the kind of leaders Africa needs. Col. Qaddafi had plans that were good for Africa and were what Africa needed. I am sad to learn that the African leaders did not have the balls to support Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi in his efforts to establish a strong and variant Africa. If the 53 African Countries had adopted Libyan leader Col. Qaddafi call for the creation of a United States of Africa, Africa would have been on the road to become a powerhouse on the World Stage. It will take such a leader as Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi to implement such a plan as the creation of a United States of Africa. It is my understanding that when Colonel Qaddafi first introduce his plan of establishing a United States of Africa. Some of the 53 members of the Africa Union did not agree with the plan because they were wary of losing their regional influence and concerned at any initiative that would weaken their sovereignty or ability to act independently.

It is going to take a leader like Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, and a Coalition of Democratic Africa Nations as well as International Organizations and the African people to implement such a plan to establish a United States of Africa.

Political Stability
Africa should have a Multi Africa Military Force which may be part of AFRICON - with the capability of putting down ANY conflicts on Africa soil. The first question that probably will arise is - whether the Force will have to deal with Dictators? The answer to this question is simple. There will be no Dictators. …. What? There will be no Dictators. There will be no such thing.
There will be no such thing as a coup. If a coup is attempted or occur - the leader engaging the coup (the leader who plan to take office as a result of the coup) will be put to death by a court of law.
The question of China and Democracy will be question. As the elected (recognized Governor of that Africa State - that Governor - will have the right to do business with any Countries that will allow the accomplishment of the overall economic goals of his State, the Region and the Nation to prosper.

The task of the Multi Africa Military Force ALSO will consist of protecting ALL the African’s States REGARDLESS of the Economic and Political views of its Governors.
I will put myself in the shoes of my African Brothers and Sisters by question the intentions of such a power force as AFRICON - on Africa’s soil. I will let the this document entitled, “An Africa Mandate 2008” answer that question.

As An United States of Africa the newly formed government must take a harsh role against Rebels, War Lords and other form of disorders. The minute a group of disappointed citizens as well as War Lords take up arms against their government their actions are no longer considered political. Their actions immediately is classified as TREASON and or TERROIST and is punished by death in a court of law. This is a must and must be understood by everyone. It will take something no less that this for Africa to get on the right road to recombining the Country it should be.

AU Summit - Accra, Ghana 2007
July 1-3 African Heads of State and Government met in Accra, Ghana for the 9th Ordinary Summit of the African Union. The item on the agenda was the United States of Africa: the formation of a single government in Africa.
“Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki, a member of the gradualist camp, expressed strong support for unity yesterday. "The advantages of Africa's unification are enormous for our people. A unified Africa will have stronger bargaining power," he said. But reflecting the views of many of the leaders, Kibaki added that at a recent conference on the issue in Kenya, "opinions were varied on the pace this process should take". Kibaki said Africa's eight regional economic communities should be the building blocs of a united continent and their integration must be accelerated….”
“….Deep divisions overshadowed the three-day summit over Libyan leader Moamer Qaddafi's call for establishing an AU government with common defense and foreign policies by the start of next year….”
Qaddafi, backed by Senegalese president Abdoulaye Wade, argued that Africa needed to speak and act as one in a globalized world.

I agree with Senegal and a number of African countries; the continent would only survive if it united now under one common government to enable it stand the tide of globalization.
Here are some of the comments that came out of the AU Conference Accra 2007, Accra Ghana.
“…. The summit of African leaders ends in Accra, Ghana today ended in deep divisions over the creation of a single government for the continent. Most African countries have come out against Libyan leader Col Qaddafi’s call for the immediate formation of a United States of Africa.
Among those believed to have spoken out against the proposal are Robert Mugabe, the Zimbabwean president, and Meles Zenaw, the Ethiopian prime minister.
Umaru Yar'Adua, the Nigerian president, says it will be difficult for Africa to form a single state because of huge social and economic inequalities among member states. Addressing the closed session of the African Union summit, Yar'Adua expressed concerns at the decay of economic integration at regional level….”

Let’s take the above point of views for example. How can Umaru Yar'Adua, the Nigerian president, say that huge economic and social inequalities is a big obstacles to Union Government; when - for example in America - who would expect New Yorkers U.S.A. or Californians U.S.A. to live and act like Cajuns in Louisiana. So why would Nigeria President expect everyone to be the same? The Gross product of the State of Mexico, U.S.A. is not near as much as the State of New York, U..S.A. This is the kind of challengers you will want and expect as a united government; THE CHALLENGER TO DO FOR THE PEOPLE OF AFRICA.

Now - if you are not going to love your brother and “be your brother’s keeper,” then you might as well forget about a united government and everybody go their own separate ways.
AU Summit - Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt
Heads of State attending the 11th Session of the African Union (AU) Summit on 30 June and 1 July in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, decided to defer the discussion to establish a Union Government until their next summit in January 2009, to be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where the AU headquarter is located.

My comment was; at lease they are still considering the possibility of establishing a Continental Government.(An United States of Africa and I support Libya leader Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi’s plan of immediate implication.

As a results of the Accra decision in July 2007 and the discussion to defer the establishment of a Union Government until their next summit in January 2009; the plan is to continue to support the idea of creating An United States Of Africa for the Abba Summit.

AU Summit - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
African Union Summit
26 January 2009 - 3rd February 2009
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Addis Ababa Hosts Twelfth African Union Summit of Heads of States and Government Journalists are hereby informed that the Ordinary Sessions of the decision-making organs of the African Union will take place in Addis Ababa, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
As time approaches for the showdown; as whether the African’s Leaders will decide to move on to a NEW Arica and declare Africa as one Nation - An United States of Africa; OR REMAIN in a stalemate; as old rivals of bloods shedding , disease, corrupt governments, and remain as DOGs - BEGGING - FOR THEIR EXISTANCE. What will it be Africa? What will it be?

Divided African Union ends summitSummit ends with African leaders’ agreement on transforming AU Commission into AU Authority. By Emmanuel Goujon - ADDIS ABABA
“African Union leaders wound up a summit here Wednesday with the continent beset by conflict and divided over new chairman Muammer Gaddafi’ s plans for unifying its 53 member states.
Closing speeches hailed an agreement to change the name of the body's main executive arm but the Libyan leader's election as the organization's rotating chairman sparked a debate that led to the summit's extension by a day.

"After earnest efforts toward Africa's unity, we were able to agree on transforming the AU Commission into the AU Authority, which is a very significant step," Gaddafi said.
"We Africans have only unity to gain strength. We live in a ruthless world, where the strong live and the weak are enslaved... I want to tell Africa's youth that the power is theirs and that they should push for African unity."

The veteran Libyan leader's vision for a more aggressive integration of the continent into what he calls the "United States of Africa" was met by deep reservations from some key nations.
Wednesday's closing speeches came after late night drama at the AU's Addis Ababa headquarters, when the maverick Libyan leader walked out on discussions over the future of the organization.

South African President Kgalema Motlanthe said in a joint interview with AFP and his nation's SABC television on Tuesday that proposals for strengthening the AU would be considered only over the next three months.

"The aim is to strengthen and expand a bit on the functions and responsibilities of the Authority," he said.

During the summit, the tensions with Guaddafi were palpable.
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni proposed turning the AU leadership into a troika, which would mitigate Gathafi's influence in a role that already has little real power.”
"Africans are polite, but deserve respect," Museveni told him, according to one participant in the talks.

Gaddafi has long looked at the AU as a way to boost Africa's international profile, but also to increase his own standing and leaders like Museveni are reluctant to see Gaddafi become the face of Africa in the international arena.
Gaddafi seized power in a coup 40 years ago, and his autocratic rule has drawn fierce criticism from rights groups.

He recently had a group of traditional leaders name him the "king of kings" of Africa, and brought an entourage of seven local monarchs dripping in gold jewellery with him to the summit.
Yet, differences remain over how the new system would be implemented.
Countries such as Libya advocate immediate unification, a position Gaddafi says is the only way forward for the war-ravaged and drought-stricken continent.
On the other hand Nigeria, South Africa, Ethiopia and Kenya seek gradual integration -- and seem to have the upper hand at the moment.
The rift over Africa's unification overshadowed an official agenda focused on infrastructure development.

Many leaders' assessments of the continent's economic future were gloomy during the four-day summit, with Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi predicting that "the coming decade or so is likely to be very dark indeed for Africa."

He cited global warming and the world economic downturn, which many AU leaders feared would lead to a slump in trade and cuts in much-needed foreign development aid.
In his closing speech, Gaddafi joined the continent's chorus of praise for US President Barrack Obama, the first black man to accede to the White House.

"The black people's struggle has vanquished racism. It was God who created colour. Today Obama, a son of Kenya, a son of Africa, has made it in the United States of America," he said.”
"We hope he will be well protected and want him to be undaunted. America doesn't belong to the whites alone. I hope he will be able to accomplish the change he carries in him," Gaddafi added.
The crisis in Zimbabwe and the ongoing unrest in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo were discussed in separate sessions last week.

AU Summit - Antananarivo, Madagascar
12th Ordinary Summit of the AU Heads of State and Government ends today in Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa 4th February 2008 - The 12th Ordinary Summit of the AU Heads of State and Government ended in Addis Ababa on 4 February 2009. The Summit concluded with the adoption of the Assembly decisions and declarations to guide the AU forward.
Below are the highlights of some of the main decisions of the Assembly.
DATES AND VENUE OF THE 13th ORDINARY SESSION

The Assembly welcomed the offer by the Republic of Madagascar to host the 13th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union in Antananarivo, Madagascar; and decided that the dates of the ordinary sessions of the Assembly will be as follows: 18th Ordinary Session of the Permanent Representatives Committee: 24-25 June 2009; 17th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council: 28-29 June 2009; 13th Ordinary Session of the Assembly: 1-3 July 2009.
THEMES OF JULY 2009 AND JANUARY 2010 SESSIONS OF THE ASSEMBLY

The themes of the thirteenth and fourteenth Ordinary Sessions of the Assembly scheduled respectively for July 2009 and January 2010 will be as follows:
Thirteenth Ordinary Session of the Assembly: “Investing in Agriculture for Economic Growth and Food Security”

Fourteenth Ordinary Session of the Assembly: “Information and Communication Technologies in Africa: Challenges and Prospects for Development”.

Proposed United States of Africa
Africans Leaders and the Africa Union must unite as one nation and declare themselves a United States of Africa; in so doing, DECLARE - that - ANY form of Dictator’s rule is considered a CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY therefore, is NOT RECOGNIZED AS A FORM OF GOVERNMENT ON AFRICA SOIL, and is enforced by the Multi-African Military Force to include AFRICON.

The United States of Africa should include ALL of the existing African Countries. NONE of the African’s Countries are to be exempted. By virtue of the fact that an Africa Country is on Africa soil Automatically makes it an United State of Africa.
The United States of Africa SHOULD NOT BE A COPY CAT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (EU). No qualifying criteria are required.

First:
The Mandate is To DECLARE - that - ANY form of Dictator’s rule is considered a CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY therefore, is NOT A RECOGNIZED FORM OF GOVERNMENT ON AFRICA SOIL, and is enforced by the Multi African Military Force which may also include AFRICON.

Next:
AS A RESULTS OF THE MANDATE, IT THEN DECLARES - ALL OF THE AFRICAN’S COUNTRIES AS ONE NATION - AN UNITED STATES OF AFRICA.

Governors:
Since many of the African’s Leaders are not going to be willing to give up their Rule or power; have them appointed as Governors of the Africa Country they present preside over for a ten year period.

I believe that the majorities of the Dictators did what they had to do; to become a free and independent Nation from Colonial rule and the Apartheid. They did what they had to do; and I do not condemn them. Africa is a large Country with many political and economic views. As time passed, many of them may have lost sight of a well planed objective and purpose. And, I feel that the only way Africa will progress is to become a United States of Africa. I feel that that time has come. It is my belief; that it is now time to move on, to a better Africa.
Many political and economic ideologies have had there changes and now it is time for Africa to become one Nation - A United States of Africa. It is my assumptions, that the leaders of the 53 African Countries; as members of the Africa Union truly believe in doing what is best for Africa and will support an United States of Africa. I really hate to think different. If their hope - their dream of Independent meant anything to them - then, complete that dream by uniting as one nation and declare Africa an United Government.
Election:

After the ten year period is over (Governors), there shall be an election in every African’s State - which will now be United States of Africa. The African’s people will elect ALL branches of their Representative Government. In this manner; the present Rulers will have had ten years, to prove they are worthy of being a representative Governor of the People of Africa. If they truly believe in Africa, and wish to do what is best for Africa they will accept such terms. Once the ten years are up - they can then run for re-election.
President/Vice President:

Have Libyan leader Col. Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi appointed as the first president of the United Stats of Africa and Kopi Anna former United Nations Counsel General of Ghana appointed as Vice President.

Forget The European Union (EU):
The United States of Africa IS NOT to be a carbon-copy of the European Union (EU). Africa is to set its own standards which should be inclusion. The United States of Africa is to INCLUDE ALL the Africa Countries and EXCLUDE NONE. This is not to be an option; By-venture-of-the-fact-that an Africa Countries exist on Africa soil; AUTIMATICALL MAKES THAT AFRICA’S COUNTRIE An United State of Africa..

The United Nations Role:
The United Nations should be used as a last resort to solving African’s problems.
African’s Leaders should take it upon themselves to have enough pride and dedication to their country (Africa) to do what is best for Africa and take all necessary means to teach young Africans the meaning of developing a united Africa and instill in young Africans that they have a Country to run and quit looking for Foreigners and the UN to do their work. Africans must learn to have respect for themselves, others and respect for their Leaders, and their Country.

Summary
I, Ernest L. Herron was minding my own business and going form day to day trying to get my life together as an under employed auditor. I went on my way from day to day; and one day - I was looking at one of the public TV stations. The title of the program I was looking at was “America’s War On Poverty. It was a very informative and interest program that I truly enjoyed.

I did not think that much of the program, but as time pass, the program rang in my head for days and I could not but think about the overall objective of the program which was referred to as Lyndon B. Johnson’s (LBJ) “War On Poverty” - his “Great Society Program. I still did not think too much of the program until it continue to bother me as to - if LBJ “Great Society Program” was such a great thing - then why did it failed?. It is my understanding that most historians consider LBJ’s “Great Society Program” a failure and I wanted to know why. So I decided to do my own research which lead me to writing my very first book entitled, Collection of Short Stories: From My Viewpoint published in 2004 by Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc. ISBN Number 0-8059-6532-7 and my second book entitled “Let’s Start A War: A War On Poverty” published in 2005 by Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc. ISBN Number 0-8059-6895-3.
Like Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society Program - War on Poverty, I became concerned about all the negative news I had heard, read, and saw on TV about Africa. Therefore, I decided to do some research on Africa. I wanted to know why. Why is it that every time I hear about Africa It is always about Aids, disease, droughts, and etc. I began to wonder whether it was all propaganda or what. I have always heard that Africa is a Nation rich in oil and gas and other valuable minerals as well. So it dawn upon me that if the Convenient of Africa is so rich in oil and gas as well a other valuable minerals then, why are Africans so poor, suffering from disease and malnutrition and etc. I remember seeing those old Tarzan movies on TV, reading and hearing all kinds of news about South Africa and Africans struggle against the Apartheid, as well as Mandela struggle. I also read. or was aware of some - history - of Africa’s struggle to gain Independence from Colonialism.

But, Africa History that struck me the most was, the desire and dreams of many African’s Leaders to “one day” see Africa as a United Africa, An United States of Africa.

People who do not even know where Africa is located on the map; even knows that Africa is a Contentment rich is natural resources, and yet, its people are very poor.
I still had no intentions of writing another book nor venture into politics as a result of this task. But my research and concern for Africa did lead to gathering quite a bit of research material. I still had no intentions of doing anything with the material but I could not resist from writing a synopsis of the material that I had gather. That material led me to the writing of this document entitled, “An Africa Mandate 2008 - Forging A Nation.”

It is my opinion that if an United States Of Africa is Created, this in itself will be like a miracle and the African people shall rejoice and be glad in it. They can develop new hope and idea for the future. They can realize that THEY AND NOT FOREIGNERS HAVE A COUNTRY TO BUILD.
Africans can learn how to have RESPECT and Dignity for their Country. Africans can generate a new attitude and pride in their Country. This is what creating a United States of Africa is all about. NEW HOPE IF NOTHING ELSE. And Africa can use plenty of new hope.

THE IDEA IS FOR AFRICA TO SOLVE all OF ITS PROBLEMS together , (and get away from the idea of begging fro foreign aid) AS ONE NATION. THE UNITED STATES OF AFRICA. And this needs no additional studies. Like Nike say's JUST DO IT.

Every time the International Community try to put on a show - to show - the world - that, humanity and care do exist for the African’s Nations, they put on a show and sponsor a few aid’s programs, commit a few million dollars toward Aids and a few of the local diseases that still exist among African’s Nations. Two or three months latter the Aids epidemic gets even worse and the few little millions dollars in foreign aids is gone and never gotten to the people it suppose to have help. IT DEFINATE DIND NOT HELP BUILD THE INFRUSTRUCTURE OF AFRICA.

Conclusion
I will like to conclude this proposal by quoting the following document obtained from one of the web-site discussing the possibility of creating an United States of Africal

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“Osagyfo Dr Kwane Nkrumah: Remembering Africa’s most influential and greatest in the 21st century
Friday, 24 February 2006
24 February 1966 could be described as one of Africa’s darkest days. It was the day that Nkrumah was overthrown by a military coup with the support of the American CIA. Nkrumah was not only passionate about Africa but he was obsessed with the unity of Africa.
He put Africa’s interest above that of Ghana by declaring in one of his most emotional and moving speeches that “The independence of Ghana was meaningless unless the whole of Africa was liberated from colonial rule”.

Nkrumah’s importance to African political practice does not lie in the fact that he led the first country in tropical Africa to gain independence (1957). Its significant contribution stems from Nkrumah’s introduction to the African political struggle, the theory and practice of “mass movement”. Until then, politics was preserved for the educated elites, lawyers, civil servants, journalists, progressive school teachers and disgruntled intellectuals. The politics of these elites was limited to the demands for equality with the colonialists, better working conditions and privileges for senior civil servants or against racial discrimination. It was not until Nkrumah spearheaded the formation of a militant political movement with one principal and concrete political demand: Self-Government Now. He did not appeal to the British Government to grant them their demand, but he made the masses aware of the need to govern themselves. And he achieved this through mass strength and determination of the Ghanaian people to bring about the desired goal. The people in turn responded to his trust and confidence in them by giving him their whole-hearted support.

It was not until 1947, when Nkrumah went back to Ghana that Pan-Africanism was elevated from the realm of an ideal, to that of a concrete, mass-based political practice. Nkrumah launched the Conventional People’s Party (CPP) in 1942. Nkrumah’s CPP won independence for Ghana in 1957 and in 1958, he hosted the All-African People’s Conference (AAPC). It was the first post-Manchester conference, which sought to put into practice on the African continent that vision of liberation and socialism expressed in 1945.

The AAPC brought together for the first time all liberation movements in Africa. As stated by my former lecturer, Abdou Rahman Muhammed Babu when the delegations of the Pan-African Movement for East and Central Africa stopped over at Congo in 1958, they discovered Patrice Lumumba and his Congolese comrades who were not aware of the impending All-African People’s Conference, although it had been widely publicized all over Africa. For soon as Nkrumah was informed of the impending participation of the Congolese delegation, he gave instruction that they should see him as soon as they arrived, and when he eventually met them, he requested them to stay longer in Accra after the conference was over. Ghana’s commitment to Congo’s independence henceforth was to become Nkrumah’s obsession

Only 14 months after Lumumba’s visit, the Congo was liberated. But the significance of the Accra conference was even deeper than the liberation of Congo. With the influence of Frank Fannon and the Algerian delegation, the theme of the conference was transformed from a non-violent liberation struggle to the “struggle by any means, including violence”. This was a decisive departure from the Manchester conference which favored Ghandhian non-violence and passive resistance to colonialism.

This changed the form of the liberation struggle, and there was a proliferation of the Africa-wide Ghana-inspired “mass parties” involving entire populations. It forced the colonialist to accept, in the words of Harold Macmillan, then British Prime Minister, speaking to South Africa’s white dominant parliament in 1961 that the “wind of change was blowing across Africa.” If the 1945 Manchester meeting ushered in the epoch of hope and great expectations, the 1958 the Accra meeting concretised those hopes and expectations by making Africa no longer governable by the colonialists. One by one, African countries began to win their independence.

After inspiring the independence of most African countries, Nkrumah moved on to ensure the unity of Africa. As stated in his speech delivered in 1963, at the founding conference of the OAU, “we have already reached the stage where we must unite or sink into that condition which has made Latin America the unwilling and distressed prey of imperialism after one-and-a-half centuries of political independence. He further added that not one of us working singly and individually can successfully attain the fullest development. Only a united Africa functioning under a union government can forcefully mobilize the material and moral resources or our separate countries and apply them efficiently and energetically to bring a rapid change in the condition of our people.”

Nkrumah’s idea of African unity was conceived as a means of fighting two scourges inflicted on Africa by colonialism. One was the fragmentation of the continent, which resulted in the weak and unviable states; second was poverty, which was a consequence of the fragmentation, extensive colonial exploitation and an illogical and primitive colonial, economic structure which obstructed development. These two scourges were inter-linked, designed to facilitate colonial domination and exploitation. It was impossible to abolish one without abolishing the other, both had to be tackled simultaneously, beginning with the institution of a basis for a continental unity.
Owing to the division between radical and conservative tendencies among independent African states at the time, the radicals had to compromise a number of their principles of unity so as to persuade the conservatives to join the organization. Unfortunately, the inclusion of the conservative states turned the OAU into a moribund institution. The conservatives’ first success in obstructing the move towards continental unity was achieved at the OAU Cairo summit in 1964. It was at this crucial conference that Julius Nyerere, then President of Tanzania, cunningly pushed through a resolution which urged the OAU to accept the colonial borders as permanent, recognized frontiers of the OAU member states. This move was in collaboration with Emperor Haile Selasie of Ethiopia, who one year earlier had annexed Eritrea. The underlying motive of the resolution was to frustrate Nkrumah and his Pan-Africanist ideals, though Nyerere claimed that the intention was to minimise border conflicts in Africa. The resolution was carried by a simple majority and became a key binding principle of the OAU Charter. Ironically, instead of abolishing Africa’s primary malady of disunity, the OAU encouraged it.
Secondly, the conservatives strove to make the OAU serve their interest and not those of Africa as a whole by altering the balance of forces on the continent in favor of the conservatives rather than the radicals who were still dominant in African politics. Beginning with Ben Bella of Algeria in 1965 and Nkrumah in 1966, the conservatives in collaboration with their ex-colonial masters, engineered the overthrow of radical leaders via military coups. Henceforth, the OAU ceased to be an instrument of the Pan-African revolutionary change and became an apologist or the statusquo. Even the liberation of the remaining colonies was conceived in the context of maintaining this statusquo. It did not take long for Nyerere himself, the architect of the OAU statusquo, to publicly admit in 1972 that the OAU had become no more than a “trade union of Africa’s heads of state.”

According to Baffour Ankomah of the New African magazine, Nkrumah was not only a thinker, visionary and orator but also a doer. Nkrumah knew that Africa’s future and prosperity lay with rapid industrialization, to create the goods and jobs that would economically empower the people of the continent. As such, he set out to industrialize Ghana in one generation as a guide for the continent. By the time his Government was overthrown in that dreadful coup of 1966, he had established 68 sprawling state-owned factories producing every need of the Ghanaian people, and this was within the space of nine (9) short years. Among the factories were a distillery, a coconut oil factory, a brewery, a milk-processing plant, a lorry and bicycle plant, a modern oil refinery, an iron and steel works, a flour mill, sugar, textile, cement factories, shoe factory, a glass factory, a tyre factory, a meat processing factory, two canneries for fruits and tomatoes, a chocolate factory etc. This was in addition to building the huge hydro-electric plant at Akosombo, the nations major source of electricity supply, a motorway from Accra to Tema, expanding
To repair the damage to Africa from colonialism of Africa, It Must Unite”
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Africa was robbed when Dr Kwane Nkrumah government was overthrown in 1966. No Africa Countries, except for maybe South Africa and Libya, have achieve what Nkrumah had done for Ghana in those short nine years.

I am an American and I love my Country and its economic and political system. With all do respect, I can not grasp the idea that man will start wars and kill million and million of people over the difference in political and economic ideology. With that said; Africa should be allowed to formulate a United Government that best serve Africa purpose without the World DEMANDING that it MUST be a Democracy and have a Capitalistic economy. If a United Social States of Africa best serves Africa purpose then so be-it.

So, it appears that the Antananarivo, Madagascar Summit will be the challenger of Col. Gaddafi political and economic system vs. the conservatives Democracy and Capitalism.
… bless Africa