Africa: Smaller Nations Show Route to African Unity, Prosperity

6 September 2016
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The Founding Fathers of independent Africa dreamt of a united continent one day. They hoped it would be sooner rather than later. And so they formed the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) as a forum for the attainment of that dream.

The OAU made significant gains. But we all know it did not work as had been hoped and so the dream remained elusive. Many factors conspired to thwart every effort at unity.

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