Samia Nkrumah, daughter of Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s former president, says the establishment of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) was a fulfillment of her father’s pan-Africanist vision. Nkrumah spoke
June 28, 2023 3:47 PMSamia Nkrumah, daughter of Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s former president, says the establishment of the African Continental Free Trade Area was a fulfillment of her father’s pan-Africanist vision.
Nkrumah’s father was the first prime minister who led Ghana to independence from Britain in 1957. He was described as an influential advocate of pan-Africanism. Nkrumah said the continent can achieve more and become an economic powerhouse if there is unity to speak in one voice, adding that t“I wonder why we didn’t think about five or six regional markets rather than one. I know the answer,” she said.“If you look at the initial proposal for unity that Ghana put forward under Kwame Nkrumah when it comes to continental integration, you will see that a lot of what is AfCFTA today is really what they were talking about sixty years ago.
“One of the reasons it has reached the point where it is today is because it has reached some kind of consensus from business leaders, African civil society leaders, the chunk of intellectuals, and many others. There is a conversion that seems to have put pressure on African leaders to start looking at this signing and consenting.
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