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 Speeches & Videos
16/08/2007
Dr. Kwame Nkrumah: The Towering Genius Of The African Union
To many discerning adults, the recent African Union meeting in Accra (1st – 3rd July 2007) was a sullen splendour of sadness and another opportunity gone.
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12/07/2007
AU Summit 2007: Praise Ghana, Alleluia!!!

Long, long, long ago - long before Leonardo da Vinci of Italy flew the first air craft from a mountain top and crushed in a valley and got hurt badly, the legendary African Lizard had fallen off the tallest tree in the world and crushed on the ground without being hurt at all!

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05/07/2007
Speech Delivered By The President Of Liberia
The President Of Liberia, Mrs Ellen Johnson-SirleafSpeech Delivered By The President Of Liberia, Mrs Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf  At The assembly Of The African Union
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 About AU  AU Symbols and Anthem
Emblempdf print preview send to friend
Description of The Emblem of the AU
  1. The palm leaves shooting up on either side of the outer circle stand for peace.
  2. The gold circle again symbolizes Africa's wealth and bright future.
  3. The green circle again stands for African hopes and aspirations.
  4. The plain map of Africa without boundaries in the inner circle signifies African unity.
  5. The small interlocking red rings at base of the Emblem stand for African solidarity and the blood shed for Liberation of Africa.
 
AU Anthempdf print preview send to friend
Let us all unite and celebrate together
The victories won for our liberation
Let us dedicate ourselves to rise together
To defend our liberty and unity

chorus
O Sons and Daughters of Africa
Flesh of the Sun and Flesh of the Sky
Let us make Africa the Tree of Life

Let us all unite and sing together
To uphold the bonds that frame our destiny
Let us dedicate ourselves to fight together
For lasting peace and justice on earth

chorus
O Sons and Daughters of Africa
Flesh of the Sun and Flesh of the Sky
Let us make Africa the Tree of Life

Let us all unite and toil together
To give the best we have to Africa
The cradle of mankind and fount of culture
Our pride and hope at break of dawn.

chorus
O Sons and Daughters of Africa
Flesh of the Sun and Flesh of the Sky
Let us make Africa the Tree of Life

Click here to listen to the Anthem
 
Description of the The Flag of the AUpdf print preview send to friend
Flag composed of :
Broad green horizontal stripe at the top followed by a narrow band of gold. Broad white stripe bearing the Emblem at its centre followed by a narrow gold band and broad green stripe at the bottom.

Symbolic significance:
The colour green symbolizes African hopes and aspiration to unity.
The gold colour stands for African wealth and bright future.
The colour white represents the purity of Africa's desire to have genuine friends throughout the world.
 
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