PAN AFRICANISM AND PAX AFRICANA IN THE NEW WORLD ORDER: ISSUES

The paper did set out to examine nexus between Pax Africana, Pan Africanism and the new world order (NWO). The new world order is causing great social, economic and political dislocation amongst weaker states of the “global south” without any visible remedies or resolutions in sight. What had remained worrisome is that the continued reliance on the leading states / powers by states of the “global south” for solutions to these dislocations, even in the phase of “cold shoulders” and rebuffing of the states of the global south. The protagonists of the “new order” claim that new world order is impacting the conduct of states and individuals in the current global system positively; whether rightly or wrongly is a matter of the side of the divide where one finds itself. The claim of a new world order is still resonating across the global system with a fraction of states holding a contrary view. The intensity of the debate had thrown up several issues bordering on the survival states in the global system. It is in this light that the paper did deem it fit to examine the nexus between the survivals of African states, “Pax Africana” and “Pan Africanism” within the context of a new world order. The examination leads to several conclusions that include the “inferiorization” of African values and culture. The consequence of the “inferiorization” of the African continent is her relegation to the “back waters” of global politics and economics, thus, the recommendations canvass herein.