𝟓𝐓𝐇 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐌𝐄𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝟖𝐓𝐇 𝐏𝐀𝐍 𝐀𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝟏: 𝐃𝐄𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐀𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐃𝐈𝐀𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐀
Saturday, March 25 at 110 am EST - Register in advance for this Zoom meeting:
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𝑾𝒉𝒐 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒏 𝑨𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝑫𝒊𝒂𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒂? 𝑰𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒗𝒆?𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑷𝒂𝒏-𝑨𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝑬𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔!!
On February 3-4, 2003, the first Extra-Ordinary Summit of the Assembly of the African Union meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, adopted the historic Article 3(q) that officially,
“invite(s) and encourage(s) the full participation of Africans in the Diaspora in the building of the African Union in its capacity as an important part of our Continent.”
From this decision, the African Diaspora would become designated as the 6th Region of the African Union.”
The Article 3(q) Amendment to the AU Constitution was proposed by Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade in an attempt to limit the Diaspora to expatriate Africans in order to reversE Africa's Brain Drain and turn it into Brain Gain. President Wade, whose family owned slaves and forced them into military service, opposed Reparations at the World Conference Against Racism and attempted to shield himself from paying reparations. The descendants of people trafficked from Africa and enslaved in the America's were to be left out of the African Union. A compromise was made and the African Union defined the Diaspora thusly:
"𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐢𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧.“
The African Union definition is controversial and has attracted much criticisms. Come hear the details from 𝐒𝐢𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐰𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐤𝐚, who was at the African Union when the decision was made and listen to the discussion of 𝐏𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐄𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐃𝐫. 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞 and 𝐃𝐫. 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲𝐥 𝐁𝐢𝐞𝐤𝐦𝐚𝐧 along with 𝐇.𝐄. 𝐀𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐢-𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐨 as the 8PAC1 prepares to provide a better definition for adoption and implementation at the African Union.
𝐆𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐈𝐍𝐏𝐔𝐓!!!!!
Saturday, March 25 at 110 am EST - Register in advance for this Zoom meeting:
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