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I have walked the corridors of policy, witnessed the promises of unity we signed on paper as African nations, and I have seen the deep cracks that still divide us in reality. I have studied how borders drawn by strangers, lines never conceived by our ancestors continue to turn brothers into foreigners and sisters into strangers on the continent of Africa. These borders cut across rivers that once connected us, mountains that once sheltered us, and trade routes that once made us prosper together. They are not the handiwork of African hands, yet they bind us still. It is time, past time to tear down these artificial walls and replace them with bridges of trust, commerce, and culture. It is time to create an Africa that belongs wholly to Africans. The Africa I envision and the Africa we must build is one where a single passport opens the gates of every city, village, and province from Cape Town to Cairo. A continent of Africa with a single continental marketplace, where one capital pool drives investment and growth for every African entrepreneur with a shared currency speaking the same economic language from Lagos to Lusaka, giving us strength no foreign power can devalue. I hope to see one day, an African continent with a unified defense force shields our lands and seas under one banner, so no threat dares to cross our shores. A united continent with a common satellite network connecting every school, hospital, and business, closing the gap between rural and urban, rich and poor. A continent with a unifying language joins our voices so we can dream together, plan together, and build together with a harmonized education system that ensures that from Dakar to Dar es Salaam, every child learns the same truth about our shared heritage and destiny. One homeland, one people, one Africa with today’s countries serving as proud provinces of a single continental nation. This is not a romantic dream. It is the only way we can stand as equals in a world where size, strength, and solidarity determine survival. Disintegration is not our destiny. Integration is. Africa united is not a song for the future, it is the urgent business of now. Our youth are restless for it, our markets are hungry for it, our history demands it, and our future depends on it. Dear Brothers and Sisters across Africa, history will remember us either as the generation that allowed Africa to remain a patchwork of weakened states, or as the leaders who forged one indomitable nation.
Let us choose greatness.
Let us choose unity.
Let us choose One Africa.
Dr. Samuel Owokoniran
Author, The Africa of Our Dream