But African countries must first get their house in order before they can lead others into a more sustainable future.
South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor addresses the media after the International Court of Justice delivered an order on South Africa's genocide case against Israel on January 26, 2024 in The Hague, Netherlands. ., respectively, to the United Nations’ International Court of Justice for human rights violations and possible genocide, has put the global spotlight on the African continent.
As Israeli destruction of human life and infrastructure in Gaza continues, Africa as a continent long neglected by Western policymakers and the elite global media has boldly asserted itself.Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attending the opening ceremony of the 37th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa on February 17, 2024 .the African Union that the African continent is key to the cohesion and progress of the Global South.
In addition to war, foreign predatory interests in the continent’s mining riches are diverting huge amounts of much-needed resources away from the people of Africa and into private and foreign coffers. In the Great Lakes Region of Africa, destabilisationThe climate crisis is also a major threat in Africa. The issue sits in between many other challenges - development, poverty,
Aspirations for Africa’s rebirth have long been in the making. A renaissance is not a one-shot occurrence. It largely depends on the mobilisation of energies and resources with productive and transformative outcomes. Redressing shortcomings while simultaneously harnessing potential will gradually give rise to a much-needed transformative arc in African societies.For both these leaders, the African renaissance is a call to action.
He has also prioritised the ethical: character formation so that only persons of integrity can be effective agents of change in the service of the people, in his view. Mbeki’s entire renaissance discourse is against elites, tyrants and dictators who are corrupting society. The Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe pointed to this in his own lyrical manner when raising the need to retain and cherish"the old dignity" and not lose everything to the modern and instantly gratifying practices.shares the work of the Guinean writer, Camara Laye. Laye wrote of the slower pace of village life compared to the bustle of the city.
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