It all began with Kwame Nkrumah. He was an African Giant – whose leadership led Ghana to be the very first African nation to gain independence from Europe. He became Ghana’s first president, and had countless ideas on how to revitalize its nation from its colonial past.
And this may have been one of the most powerful.
The All-African People’s Revolutionary Party was part of the philosophy he created, called Nkrumaism, which was essentially an African-focused socialism.
Nkrumah believed that the African diaspora needed an organization that could unify every Black person in the world against colonialism and imperialism, and that Pan-Africanism was pivotal in ending white supremacy.
The Party’s mission is to destroy “capitalism, imperialism, racism, zionism, apartheid and neo-colonialism” through Pan-Africanist organizing. And they might just actually be able to achieve these goals. Why?
If any of this is possible, it can only be done with the power of ALL Black people together, and the Party’s core ideology is UNITY. They believe that, because white supremacy exists and functions globally, only a global Black effort can defeat the beast – once and for all.
Our power lies in our numbers and our collective brilliance. If our enemy is organized, then a Black liberation struggle should also be organized! We must come together – all Black people, globally – to finally achieve liberation!