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ACRA, Ghana
Aslsatand listened to the closing address
at the Fifth African American Summit Con
ferencein May, Iwas moved by the spiritand
clarity of mind of Dr. Leon Sullivan,aman 72
years old. If I had to title his speech that
afternoon at the closing, I would call it “I See
No Alps.”
Rev. Sullivan eloquently described
Hannibal'sarmyastheyleftnorth Africaand
crossed over into Europe. On their march to
Rome, they had to cross the Alps. His army
stopped at the majesty of the Alps and one of
thegenerals turned to the troops and said, “I
see no Alps.” The army moved forward to
cross the Alps.
He used this picture to talk about how
people see Africa and some of the problems
that have been portrayed by the Western
media about Africa. These problems include
the situation in Sierra Leone, Eritrea and
Ethiopia, Somalia, the Sudan, the fighting
now ragingin the Democratic Republicofthe
Congo (former Zaire), and new outbreaks of
violence in Congo Brazzaville. Uganda and
Liberia are facing huge challenges as well.
Thisis all that we hear about in the Western
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However, Africa is a big continent and is a
continent with so much potential.
Dr. Sullivan has made a courageous effort
since 1991 with his first summit conference in
Cote D'lvoire to really build a bridge and then
create movement back and forth across that
bridge between Africans in the Diaspora and
those on the continent. Judging from what I
know and what I have heard of the last four
summits, I would say thefifth conference heldin
Ghana was the best yet. I don’t say this because
I'live in Ghana or the fact that Pm trying to
stroke President Rawlings and his staff, led by
Kwesi Ahwoi on the Ghana side, or Mr. Cecil
Perkins on the American side. The conference
sent a clear message that now is the time for
Africans in the Diaspora and those at home to
focus on one another.
When the Reverend Jesse Jackson spoke, he
made a point about the absence of the media. He
asked where were CNN, CBS, ABC, NBC, The
New York Times, The Washington Post, USA
Today, FOX and BET? The only Black newspa
per that had extensive coverage was the Final
Call which featured a special pull out section.
Thesignal that wassentby thesummitcoverage
was that Dr. Sullivan and President Rawlings
wasabletopull togetherfourteen Heads of State
of African countries, vice presidents and foreign
ministers. However, it was really not newswor
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tionships with Africans in the
Diaspora.
At a conference where you had
such people as Rev. & Mrs. Jesse
Jackson, Dr. Leon Sullivan, Andrew
Young, Kwesi Mfume, Dr. Robert
Franklin, Alexis Herman, Carl
Ware,(President of the African side
of Coca Cola), David O'Reily from
Chevron Corporation, the wife of
Minister Louis Farrakan and his
Chief of Staff Leonard Farrakhan,
Rev. Willie Wilson of Washington
D.C., Dr. Leonard Jeffries of New
York, Susan Taylor, Coretta Scott
King, Dr. Dorothy Height, Dick Gre
gory, Mayor Wellington Webb from
Denver, Colorado and many many
more, coming together with these
African Heads of State. Is this not
newsworthy?
Not to mention the fact that the
conference focused on such things of
interest to Africans in the Diaspora
such ascitizenshipfor Africansin the
Diaspora. There were workshops on
agriculture, business, trade and in
vestfhents, democracy, education,
health, a special forum on women
and a special forum on youth. All of
this took place at the Summit.
Thespeech of PresidentJerryJohn
Rawlings was delivered on May 19*,
the 75% birthday of Malcolm X. In
President Rawlings’speech, hemen
tioned thatit wasthe 75% birthday of
Malcom X. In his speech he showed
how Malcolm worked to make the
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connectionbetween Africansinthe
Diaspora and those at home in
Africa. He talked about Marcus
Garvey. Theinfluencethat Marcus
Garveyhadontheirfirst president,
Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. The black
starin the Ghana flag and theidea
of a unified Africa. He also talked
aboutthefactthatitwasDr. Martin
Luther King who came to Ghana
onthe Independence Dayof Ghana
on Marcy 6, 1957 and that he was
inspired by what he saw in Ghana
as he went back home to continue
his struggle in America.
Wesalute Dr. Sullivan and those
from the black press who took time
out of theirschedulestoattend and
report in their publications about
thisgreat Summit. As Dr. Sullivan
said as he arrived in Ghana, “less
talkand morework.” He said, “I did
not come to Africa to make a good
speech. I came to do some serious
work.” To this end, Rev. Sullivan
launched the PIFA (People Invest
ment Fund for Africa). This fund is
designed to change the future of
young small scale entrepreneurs
onthecontinent. Again, Dr. Sullivan
opened the way that all of us who
are concerned for the development
of Africaand our placein thatdevel
opment can invest in this fund.
Where was the media coverage of
this very powerful and important
summit? For response and ques
tions you can email us at
AATAFRICA@aoI.com.