Pan-Africanist Lumumba Says Nkrumah Foresaw Africa’s Vulnerability — MyJoyOnline

In Ghana, Pan-Africanist and anti-corruption campaigner Professor P. L. O. Lumumba said that the country’s former president, Kwame Nkrumah, foresaw as early as the 1960s Africa’s vulnerability without genuine continental unity. Lumumba said this in an interview with the JoyPrime television channel, MyJoyOnline reports.

Assessment of Nkrumah’s legacy

According to Lumumba, Nkrumah understood that a divided African continent would struggle to protect its own interests and address issues concerning its peoples.

Lumumba argues that Nkrumah foresaw Africa being dominated, undermined and humiliated by external forces in the absence of meaningful unity. In the Pan-Africanist’s view, Africa is now experiencing domination, humiliation and disregard in key areas of human relations.

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Conflicts and humanitarian crises

Lumumba believes that if African countries and the international community had listened more closely to Nkrumah’s calls for unity, the continent’s situation could have been different. According to him, Nkrumah envisioned a strong Africa capable of playing a significant role in global affairs and defending the dignity and interests of its peoples.

The Pan-Africanist linked the consequences of division primarily to issues of peace and security. He said that nearly 40 conflicts are ongoing on the continent, undermining peace and creating humanitarian situations that Africans, in his words, are unable to cope with. These comments were made as Ghana marked the 117th anniversary of Nkrumah’s birth.