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1	Political unification before economic integration : a critical analysis of Kwame Nkrumah's arguments on the United States of Africa Gudeta, Selamawit Tadesse 01 1900 (has links) Kwame Nkrumah was the first African leader to pursue the idea of Africa’s continent-wide unity with fervour. Many thought that African unity will only be the pooling of poverty and that Nkrumah’s dream was impossible. Nkrumah was known for his philosophy "Seek ye first the political kingdom and all things shall be added unto it". He thought that political unity should precede economic unity, which would naturally follow. Even though the newly independent African states agreed on the necessity of unity, his philosophy was not welcomed when the Organisation of African Unity was established in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) in 1963. Rather, delegates opted for incremental political integration leading to economic integration –an aspiration that Africa is still struggling to bring to fruition. This study demonstrates that Nkrumah’s idea of political unity before economic integration was and still is valid for Africa’s continent-wide unity. To this end, the study will use textual sources and use diachronic and integrative approaches as analytical tools. / Political Sciences / M.A. (International Politics) African unity Nkrumah Political unity Colonialism Neo-colonialism Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Agenda 2063 Sovereignty Pan-Africanism Cassablanca and Monrovia groups Africanness 320.54096 Africa -- Economic conditions Africa -- Politics and government Africa -- Foreign economic relations Organization for African Unity Pan-Africanism Nkrumah, Kwame, 1909-1972

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Political unification before economic integration : a critical analysis of Kwame Nkrumah's arguments on the United States of Africa