Malcolm first president, Kwame Nkrumah’s speech at the founding of the OAU (Organization of African Unity) has since become a classic, even iconic. In front of 31 other African heads of state who met in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, on 24 May 1963, Nkrumah appealed, cajoled, and did everything in perhaps his greatest speech ever to convince his colleagues to go the whole hog and create a strong continental union. Sadly, ` decided otherwise. Below is an extract from that speech.
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