Praising the role of the African Diaspora in the political liberation of Africa, Ambassador Tete Antonio asserted that the African Diaspora is needed for Africa’s second liberation “the economic liberation of Africa.” His Excellency Tete Antonio is the African Union ambassador to the United Nations and was the key convener of the successful activities commemorating the OAU/AU 50th anniversary at the United Nations in New York. The AU events attracted hundreds of representatives of the African Diaspora to New York under the theme “Pan Africanism and the African Renaissance” (PAAR) on June 26. 2013.
Some of the key speakers at the AU meetings in New York marking the OAU/AU 50th anniversary were: His Excellency Tete Antonio, Permanent Observer of the AU to the United Nations; His Excellency Roble Olhaye, Permanent Representative of Djibouti to the United Nations; His Excellency Tekeda Alemu, Permanent Representative of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia to the United Nations; His Excellency Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations; Dr. Ali Mazrui, Binghamton University; Ms. Awa Dabo, United Nations; and Professor Horace Campbell, Syracuse University.
WADU involvement in the AU Diaspora anniversary events is directly related to the WADU PAAR 50 Campaign agenda for the African Diaspora to be unified and fully engaged in promoting African people, culturally, politically and economically. In the June 2013 PAAR 50 Campaign town-hall meetings in states such as New York, North Carolina and Washington, D.C, Baba Mukasa Dada Willie Ricks called for Africans everywhere to “defend Africa from NATO, Africom, drones, foreign interventions and American imperialism.” Mukasa is the “father of the 1960’s Black Power” movement is warning that imperialism and capitalism are using Black leaders to oppress and enslave Africans, globally. Obama’s visit to Africa, he said, is to renew white control over a weak Africa, without a Pan African government.
Insisting that President Obama is a threat to Africa and Black people, Mukasa highlighted the deterioration Black people across the USA with more imprisonment, joblessness, poverty, mis-education and that the freedom and rights of all people are worsening with Obama increased use of militarism and terroristic bombings in Africa, and across the world. A principled Pan Africanist and SNCC organizer with Kwame Ture, he served with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the Civil Rights Movement. Mukasa also served as an organizer in Africa, Latin America and in Asia promoting the freedom of all people.
WADU representatives are also participating in the African Liberation Year anniversary activities to promote WADU PAAR 50 Campaign for Pan Africanomics and to expedite an African union government for global African empowerment. A key feature of the WADU PAAR 50 Campaign is to build a Diaspora economic community of business leaders and entrepreneurs guided by the principles of Pan Africanism to promote self-reliance and Black empowerment, for the global African family. WADU will launch its second PAAR 50 (Days) Campaign event focusing on Pan Africanomics forum across the Diaspora on July 20, 2013. July 2013 is the 113th year marking the formal launching of the Pan African Movement by Africans in the Diaspora, culminating in the OAU/AU.
