This year marks the 50th Anniversary of the establishment of the Organization of African Unity (OAU). The founding fathers of the OAU, that great generation of Pan-Africanists, laid the foundation for the growing solidarity of Africa, ushering the moral clarity of the liberation struggles across the continent like a tidal wave that culminated in South Africa’s liberation, and the ousting of dictators and repressive regimes from Ethiopia, Rwanda, Uganda and Liberia. Having achieved this political independence, the OAU made way for the African Union and is focused today on achieving Africa’s second independence — a strong, unified, self-reliant Africa to fulfill the continent's aspirations for peace, democracy and development. Read more>>