Consciousness of freedom at war with xenophobia

Fellow Africans are being subjected to varying forms of violence for allegedly causing high unemployment rate. Can an African be a foreigner in Africa? Once again we see some South Africans deviating from the conscious of the roots of their freedom.

Delivering the independence speech on March 6, 1957 Kwame Nkurumah described Ghana’s independence as ‘meaningless unless it is linked with the total liberation of Africa’. The rise to independence grew steadily across Sub-Saharan African countries as pro-independence movements put pressure on colonial powers. 1960 saw 17 countries gain independence.