Barbados' Prime Minister Lectures African Heads of States On Unity, Purpose

Barbados’ Prime Minister Lectures African Heads of States On Unity, Purpose

Barbados Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has expressed interest in the formation of an African United States.

She stated that in order to achieve this, African and Caribbean leaders must understand that they can advance and win by working together.

Speaking on Saturday, Mottley added that her goal stems from her identity as a proud and “romantic” African girl.

“When I speak of USA with affection I do not only want to speak on that which is known in the Americas; I want to speak on that which ought to have been possible if the 1884 Berlin talks did not take place,” she said.

Mottley spoke at the African Union’s 38th Ordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

"I prefer to die being a naïve and romantic daughter of Africa than one who is cynical."

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“The possibility of the United States of Africa, which is as diverse as India, China in terms of ethnicity, language and religion but which is entirely possible if we see not ourselves first, but we see the unity of ourselves together.”

She also stated that Africa is capable of serving as “protectors of people and the planet of humanity as we move forward.”

Mottley questioned why detractors dismiss Africa, claiming that its importance as the continent with 40% of the world’s minerals makes it deserving of being in charge of securing her fate and the world’s stability.

“How not, does the numbers of our two communities (Africans and Caribbean) who constitute a third of the world’s states not act in singular purpose to forge the kind of world that they want and to be able to ensure that the institutions that deny access to us, to hear our voices as reflective of the continent and the small island developing states of the world?” she asked.

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Mottley asked the AU Assembly to work toward ensuring the continent’s unity, stating that one in every five people in the globe is from Africa or its diaspora.

The African Union summit, titled “Justice for Africans and People of African Descent Through Reparations,” brought together heads of state and administration from AU member countries.

There were also representatives from international organizations, non-governmental organizations, and the commercial sector in attendance.

The Summit aimed to advance reparatory justice and promote racial healing across the continent.

Barbados’ Prime Minister Lectures African Heads of States On Unity, Purpose