Africa must revert to what it was before the imperialists…

Africa must revert to what it was before the imperialists divided it. These are artificial divisions which we, in our pan-African concept will seek to remove.

Sourced, 1962

“African threat to ban Sir Roy Welensky”, The Times, 10 April 1962, p. 10.. Speech at a meeting in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, 9 April 1962.

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