Youth Forum “Africa’s Freedom Is In Our Hands” in Accra to examine debt, colonial extraction and Africa’s future
Africa's youth are drawing a line in the sand. When young delegates from Ghana and the Alliance of Sahel States gather in Accra next month, they will not simply discuss the continent's debt crisis — they will lay out a plan to break free from it. The Pan-African Progressive Front (PPF) will host a Youth Forum on Debt and Reparations, "Africa's Freedom Is In Our Hands", on September 5 at the ISSER…
Young delegates from Ghana and the Alliance of Sahel States are set to convene in Accra next month for a Youth Forum on Debt and Reparations titled "Africa's Freedom Is In Our Hands". Organized by the Pan-African Progressive Front, this forum aims not just to discuss the continent's debt crisis but also to lay out a plan for its resolution.
With an expected 200 participants, the forum is expected to be an interactive event with practical sessions on youth roles in reparations, flashmobs and micro lawsuits for reparations, and debt cancellation. The discussions will focus on the raw nerve connecting Africa's colonial past, its present economic stranglehold, and the question of reparations.
The forum will scrutinize the CFA Franc, French imperial extraction, and the wider architecture of debt bondage, urging the dismantling of this system. Reparations are viewed as a debt owed, not a charitable gesture. The forum, chaired by Ghana's Presidential Special Envoy on Reparations, Dr Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, aims to give young Africans a platform to demand economic independence and join the debates shaping Africa's future.
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