Hon. Kojo Yankah. Pan-Africanism Explained

Ghana the land of Freedom and cocoa, we’re in your beautiful country speaking to one of your own patriots, the Hon. Kojo Yankah. He demystifies Pan-Africanism as a concept and what it stands for in our generation. Hon. Kojo is passionate about uniting Africa and sharing of our resources for the development of the continent. He insists on the need for teaching and learning our African history, culture and languages citing the immense benefits with a key focus on reworking on the education curriculum used across the continent. Hon. Kojo Yankah is a former parliamentarian and the founder of the Pan African Heritage Museum.
00:01 - Introduction
00:30 - Pan-Africanism defined.
02:20 - Origin of Pan-Africanism
05:00 - Why Africa is poor.
07:40 - Colonial masters funding the wars in Africa.
11:50 - Learning and relearning the African history.
17:00 - Why the Organization of African Union failed and why the awakening is needed.
21:00 - Creating movements and leaders in Africa.
23:40 - West Africa coups.
28:33 - The Kwame Nkrumah influence today.
30:40 - President Kagame and his impact in Rwanda.
33:15 - The role of media in promoting Pan-Africanism
35:32 - Africa under neocolonialism vs culture
39:00 - Britain, France, Belgium, USA still colonizing Africa
43:50 - LGBTQ vs African cultures
47:15 - Pan-African Heritage Museum as an African history resource
53:40 - Israel- Palestine war
55:30 - Conclusion

[@fabinasetati8736]

Africa Means African, Humanity And Togetherness, Peace And Security,Caring And Passionate. Africa Shall Prevail... Our Ancestors Were Brave And Very Intelligent. Hail Africa!!!

[@KenyattaGross]

In addition to what we were in the past, I feel that Pan Africanism is also about what we can become in terms of self awareness and quality of life

[@fabinasetati8736]

Kindly Bring Back The Topic. There Is Lot To Learn About Our Continent. Bring Back The Professor. Thank You For Bringing Such An Important Topic. You May Our Continent, If Not The World. One Africa, One Nation, One Family. Peace!!!

[@ousmannjie8530]

PanAfrican is embracing and appreciating the concept of what our ancestors fought and died for and using these sacrifices to advance that course for the benefits of Africans. Be vigilant. The struggle continues!

[@KenyattaGross]

The struggle is real! When Mr. Yankah mentions the lack of geographical knowledge among many living there on THE continent I fully understand on a personal level. I was speaking with one particular brother in Cape Town SA about my visit to Ghana and he actually had surprisingly little knowledge of it or its location. Of course I was a little shocked and tried to consider that this individual may be on the fringe of the population in terms of educational or socio-economical access.

[@theealfahouse]

Education and access to information play a big role.

[@KenyattaGross]

@@theealfahouse yes and i would like to mention that the individual didn’t come off as unintelligent at all. I have no idea of his schooling but he did have a definite opinion of his nation’s political history post-apartheid 1994 and thereafter. and he definitely had a unique understanding , at least for me, of certain events and roles played by leaders who had been regaled as Iconic / heroic from a western media education perspective. So it’s not only continental Africans that are being miseducated. I guess it really does “take one to know one” as that old adage goes.

[@mcarr7617]

I wasn’t born in Africa,Africa was born in me…👀👀👀

[@KenyattaGross]

Beautifully stated!

[@LilianChacha]

Great insight!

[@theealfahouse]

Thank you for watching and appreciating the insight!

[@fabinasetati8736]

Africa Our Africa - Sharing, An African Cannot Go Hungry In Africa. This Is Just A Period Of Introspection. A Test. The Time When The Earth Is spewing ( vomiting ) Up. The Time When The Land Is Purifying Itself, Removing The Bad From Good. The Enemy Will Run. Africa Shall Prevail. The Journey May Not Seem Easy, We Are Getting There. And The Signs Are There

[@theealfahouse]

It's inspiring to see your positivity and hope for Africa's future.

[@fabinasetati8736]

Self Destructive Practices, A Danger To Our Lives And Our Land Africa.

[@richardsheffield2823]

I am so glad I found you. HARAMBEE!!!

[@theealfahouse]

Thank you for your kind words!

[@kalunda5560]

The nation states we have Today are arbitrary lines drawn artificially. Richard dowden explains. True nation states were the kingdoms Buganda Ashanti Benin Kingdom of Kongo African needs to go back to this and evolve. No Islam or Christianity will develop us sense nationalism.

[@theealfahouse]

It's interesting to consider the historical context of nation states and how they have evolved over time.