But there is another historic October moment for Africans, which is given little or no attention by the public media — the 5th Pan-African Congress in Manchester, England, in 1945. What sets out this congress from the previous four is that the former translated the Pan-African vision into a project for accelerated decolonisation of the continent. Hence the priority was political without negating the economic and spiritual emancipation, which were intrinsic to the original vision as articulated by W.E.B. PAN AFRICAN CONGRESSOctober 2020 is the 75th anniversary of the 5th Pan-African Congress. The biggest challenge lies in the dire need of insightful and courageous leadership such as demonstrated at the 5th Pan-African congress.

Source: Daily Nation October 23, 2019 19:52 UTC