and the Organization of African Unity (1963). Within this context, Modernist architecture emerged as a powerful symbol of national identity, ambition, and the collective aspiration for a brighter ...

Fittingly then, it didn’t take long before the building became the site of a ... members of the newly formed Organization of African Unity (OAU) to their home — a meeting place intended ...

Gadhafi was the last major global leader who promoted the dream of pan-African unity. He had his own self ... a camouflage-style tunic with Africa-shaped patterns, and a jersey emblazoned with ...

On this day, in 1963, the Organization of African Unity – now known as the African ... caused by such issues as changing weather patterns, drought, poor sanitation, and crop-destroying insects ...

‘We want Africans to colonise Africa,’ Ethiopian academic Mammo Muchie declared at the recent African Unity for Renaissance Conference ... often present a very difficult challenge to nation building.