WHAT IS AFRICA?

- The terms "Africa" and "African" refer to the African continent. 

- But there is no African nation.

- There is no official agreement as to what Africa is, so there is room to negotiate what Africa is. 

- Since Jamaican and some other Caribbean black people (often called Africans, since they descend from slaves from the continent) are as numerous proportionally as the black population in many African nations, we need to consider them as provisional citizens of a provisional African state.

- Potential Effects: Tends to remove disunity (Caribbean vs  US; Black vs White, one Caribbean nation vs. another, etc.) 

- Possible First Step: Jamaica having observer status in the emerging African free trade area

- Other immediate possibilities: use social media to share ideas, including ideas for curriculum development in and beyond the African continent. 

- This particular approach to African unity comes out of Jamaica in the context of Garveyism. Jamaica does not need to change to please anybody but itself. Jamaicans have no particular need to leave Jamaica and move to the continent. Africa is the ground beneath their feet. Jamaica can dictate the conditions of an African unity in which it is included. Whatever one thinks of it, there is a case to be made for Garveyites to develop and evolve the role of their leader--self declared and widely agreed upon--President of Africa. The presidency of Africa (which has not been refuted, to my knowledge) has a responsibility to consider and help resolve the above-stated issues. 

 

OTHER NOTE: (Africa Community Tourism Network,. SAID TO HAVE BEEN FORMED By Jmaican Diana McIntyre-pike

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