Michael Olugbode in Abuja Some Africans gathered in Lusaka, Zambia, yesterday to denounce colonial borders in Africa, calling for one single country on the African continent, United States of Africa The groups, assembled by a group, Africans Rising, in a statement after the gathering said the peoples of Africa under the umbrella of a Pan-African movement, Africans Rising, denounced the colonial borders both mental and physical and all relics of colonial exploitation, which continue to cause division and rancour among African peoples.” They also said they no longer want to be identified by or to live in the confines of these divisions, which were created purposefully to divide and conquer us. “True to their purpose, these borders and the divisions have hampered trade among ourselves as Africans both home and in the diaspora, curtailed cultural harmony, arrested our development, limited educational opportunities, job creation and overall prosperity while leading to great losses of our young, energetic and creative people.
“We desire to live in an Africa where we are not Zambians, Kenyans, Nigerians or Sudanese but just Africans with one passport, one currency and freedom to move within our continent. “All logic and rationality since the independence struggles by our foremothers and fathers six decades ago to date confirm that this is the only sure path to our mutual prosperity and there must be no delay in its realization. Scientific studies have further confirmed this.
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