Africa: Can Former Liberators Lead Africa Into the Future?

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During a debate in Johannesburg earlier this month, economist Moeletsi Mbeki - brother of former South African president Thabo Mbeki - said he thought the African National Congress (ANC) had done its bit for South Africa but was now largely a spent force.

Africa Day this week celebrates the anniversary of the establishment of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) in Addis Ababa in 1963. One of the main aims of the OAU was to fight for the liberation of the rest of Africa from colonialism and apartheid. Liberation movements like the ANC across many parts of the continent - from Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau to Zimbabwe, South Africa and Mozambique - were supported by the OAU and its members in the struggle against oppression.

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