The Third Pan-African Revolution

Book excerpt: A tri-civilizational war is ongoing, to which Africa has attempted to respond over three distinct periods, each marked by divergent realities. The current third revolution is set against an African context that has long served as a laboratory for new economic structures, unions, and tools of economic and psychological warfare, among others. Through this diversity of experiments and models imposed by the leaders of the old world order, African potential continues to be hindered, preventing local populations from fully benefiting. There is even a risk to the survival of the Black African civilization. Hence, there is an urgent need to rethink the only effective response that has been implemented since 3200 BC: Pan-Africanism, particularly considering the geo-economic imperatives that underpin this war of civilizations.