The Chairperson of the Pan African Movement Rwanda Chapter, Protais Musoni, has called for reflection on what black Africa has managed to achieve and strategise on how to sustain gains and even achieve more.
He was speaking on Thursday at the event to mark the African Liberation Day, which was held at Kigali Convention and Exhibition Village, commonly known as Camp Kigali.
Musoni used the occasion to pay tribute to Comrade Tajudeen Abdoul-Raheem, the former Secretary General of the Pan African Global Movement who died in an accident in Nairobi in 2009 on his way to Rwanda.
During the celebration, the Pan-Africanists urged all Africans to liberate their minds and bring about self-governance and prosperity in their homeland.
Marked on May 25, the African Liberation Day is observed by many African countries to celebrate the hard-fought achievements of their freedom from European colonial powers.
Organised by PAM-Rwanda, the celebrations were marked by various discussions about how to advance Africa and Africans in all aspects of their lives, with discussions focusing on identifying key challenges that still hamper Africa’s total liberation and practical solutions.
He said this was a time to reflect on what the black African has achieved and how better the situation can get and whose role it should be to change things.
Pan-Africanist Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba, an outspoken Kenyan lawyer who once served as the Director of Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission and is currently the Director of Kenya School of Laws, told the gathering in Kigali that African countries need real leaders if they are to develop.
The African Liberation Day was founded during the first Conference of Independent African States, which attracted African leaders and political activists from various African countries, in Ghana on April 15, 1958.
Government representatives from eight independent African states attended the conference.