Why Black People Need Pan-African Education Now

It is a well-established fact that Africa’s current fragmentation problem originated in the linguistic and cultural divisions created by European colonial powers in what is known as the “scramble for Africa.” Perhaps less commonly known is that African nationalism in the 1960s and 1970s exacerbated these divisions by solidifying the boundaries imposed by the colonizing nations. While the African Free Continental Trade Area (AfCFTA) took effect in 2021, as a potential solution for intra-African trading deficiencies, it assumes that the geopolitical fragmentation will also be…