United States of Africa
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The United States of Africa is a name sometimes given to one version of the possible future unification of Africa as a national and sovereign federation of states similar in formation to the United States of America, mirroring the idea of the United States of Europe. The idea has recently been advanced by Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi at a 2000 summit.[#endnote_BBC] in Lomé, Togo.
The phrase "United States of Africa", was mentioned first by Marcus Garvey in his poem 'Hail, United States of Africa' in 1924. Garvey's ideas deeply influenced the birth of the Pan-Africanist movement which culminated in 1945 with the Fifth Pan African Congress in Manchester, England, attended by WEB Dubois, George Padmore, Jomo Kenyatta and Kwame Nkrumah. Later, Nkrumah and Haile Selassie (among many others) took the idea forward to form the Organisation of African Unity, the forerunner of today's African Union.
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- [United States of Africa Website]
- [United States of Africa]
- ["United States of Africa?" at BBC News] * [Flickr United States of Africa Group]
- [marcusgarvey.com]
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