This is where Africa has got it wrong for over 65 years and will continue to be the albatross of the Global 🌐 market unless we do some fundamental introspection.
Unity and union are NOT the same thing. In reality, union could be the greatest obstacle to true unity. Today, the Czech and Slovak nations are united in a peaceful and prosperous common market precisely because Slovakia peacefully exited an unwanted union (Czechoslovakia); with no bloodshed and minimal red-tape; not even a referendum was needed.
Unions are a major cause of disunity among African ethnic groups. If for example, most Igbo want Biafra (which they do), there is no reason (except wickedness) to insist on "one Nigeria" for them.
Did you know that the European Union which pan-Africanists (like you) so admire became possible only after Europe’s fractious nations split? The EU (founded in 1993) would have been “Mission: Impossible” if Ireland had not separated from the UK in 1916 or if Tito had lived to “go on with one Yugoslavia” beyond 1992, or if the nine million ethnic Germans who make up Austria were coerced to “go on with one Germany”, or if the half million citizens of landlocked Luxemburg were cajoled into remaining in “greater France”, etc. It is no coincidence that the EU was formed in the wake of the demise of all of Europe’s three unstable federations – Czechoslovak, Yugoslav, and Soviet, which all broke up within 12 months.
"One Nigeria" is a terrible idea and will continue to be a source of crisis or continuous underdevelopment. Why (for example) should Africa tolerate a situation where the Luo are split into five different East African nations? Why should there be not one great Luo nation? If African unity is the motive, border adjustment is an imperative. But Africans are so intolerant and wicked to themselves, all the while thinking they are promoting "unity".
I don't think the author share the same idea/interest as Pan Africanist.
Also, the dream of a more homogeneous nation within Africa state's borders are not impossible. We have simply shown an incapacity to pay the required price.
All nations are formed on the souls of many who laid the foundations of today over millennials. We neither have the time or can afford the cost and journey involved in realising a 1 Nigeria or Pan African dream.
In a world where changes has become so constant, we are failing at realisng the mosth resonable path to the outcome we desire.
To sooth the Pan African heart, their so called desire is not impossible. Its simply what lays thousands of years in the future when humanity has conquered his nature. Not today where humans are still rules by interests.
Good day. We don't have to walk in the shoes of the others, we can observe for ideas ignition towards the realizations of primitive communal union in unity. Thank you.
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This is where Africa has got it wrong for over 65 years and will continue to be the albatross of the Global 🌐 market unless we do some fundamental introspection.
Unity and union are NOT the same thing. In reality, union could be the greatest obstacle to true unity. Today, the Czech and Slovak nations are united in a peaceful and prosperous common market precisely because Slovakia peacefully exited an unwanted union (Czechoslovakia); with no bloodshed and minimal red-tape; not even a referendum was needed.
Unions are a major cause of disunity among African ethnic groups. If for example, most Igbo want Biafra (which they do), there is no reason (except wickedness) to insist on "one Nigeria" for them.
Did you know that the European Union which pan-Africanists (like you) so admire became possible only after Europe’s fractious nations split? The EU (founded in 1993) would have been “Mission: Impossible” if Ireland had not separated from the UK in 1916 or if Tito had lived to “go on with one Yugoslavia” beyond 1992, or if the nine million ethnic Germans who make up Austria were coerced to “go on with one Germany”, or if the half million citizens of landlocked Luxemburg were cajoled into remaining in “greater France”, etc. It is no coincidence that the EU was formed in the wake of the demise of all of Europe’s three unstable federations – Czechoslovak, Yugoslav, and Soviet, which all broke up within 12 months.
"One Nigeria" is a terrible idea and will continue to be a source of crisis or continuous underdevelopment. Why (for example) should Africa tolerate a situation where the Luo are split into five different East African nations? Why should there be not one great Luo nation? If African unity is the motive, border adjustment is an imperative. But Africans are so intolerant and wicked to themselves, all the while thinking they are promoting "unity".
I don't think the author share the same idea/interest as Pan Africanist.
Also, the dream of a more homogeneous nation within Africa state's borders are not impossible. We have simply shown an incapacity to pay the required price.
All nations are formed on the souls of many who laid the foundations of today over millennials. We neither have the time or can afford the cost and journey involved in realising a 1 Nigeria or Pan African dream.
In a world where changes has become so constant, we are failing at realisng the mosth resonable path to the outcome we desire.
To sooth the Pan African heart, their so called desire is not impossible. Its simply what lays thousands of years in the future when humanity has conquered his nature. Not today where humans are still rules by interests.
Good day. We don't have to walk in the shoes of the others, we can observe for ideas ignition towards the realizations of primitive communal union in unity. Thank you.