Africa Day is the annual commemoration on May 25 of the 1963 founding of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU). On this day, leaders of 30 of the 32 independent African states signed a founding charter in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.[1] In 1991, the OAU established the African Economic Community, and in 2002 the OAU established its own successor, the African Union. However, the name and date of Africa Day has been retained as a celebration of African unity.
MY VIEW AS A SOUTH AFRICAN
We live in a place where the next person is not as important to us as family. We may be from different countries but we are all an offspring of this continent. There are countries out there which are not at the liberty of experiencing the privilages that we are. Countries that the citezens are starved and deprived of social benefits. So us as south africdans deem it right to discriminate against fellow africans when they are in this country of ours. We as south africans do not see our brothers from nigeria, zimbabwe or zambia as human beings that breathe the same air as us. Instead we even have the audisity to call them names "amakwerekwere". Do we realise that what we call them is actually something we also are.
This day is to remind us that we are actually human beings who co exist and we cannot survive without the other. We should all embrace the brown skin we have, the black thick hair, the curvecious body and so much more. Love this continent which has so much potential and has a rich history.
In departure I would like all of you to echo south africa's former president Mbeki's words from the "I am an African" speech...
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