Currently, the president of the AU is facing criticism for firing the AU’s envoy to the U.S. for publicly disapproving of France’s occupation of its former African colonies. The most-important result of the second Pan-African Congress was the issuance of a declaration that criticized European colonial domination in … These destructive beliefs in turn gave birth to intensified forms of racism, the likes of which Pan-Africanism sought to eliminate. Pan-Africanism here related to the ending of the slave trade, and the need to rebut the "scientific" claims of African inferiority. For Pan-Africanists, such as Edward Wilmot Blyden, part of the call for African unity was to return the diaspora to Africa, whereas others, such as Frederick Douglass , called for rights in their adopted countries. That meeting was followed by a second Pan-African Congress two years later, which convened in three sessions in London, Brussels, and Paris.

Pan-Africanism, as the basis for attempts at pan-African unity, denotes goals and aspirations that are in direct opposition to the current rule patterns that facilitate exploitation. Pan-Africanist philosophy held that slavery and colonialism depended on and encouraged negative, unfounded categorizations of the race, culture, and values of African people. The first formal Pan-African Congress (the first to bear that name) took place in 1919 in Paris and was called by Du Bois. The attempts themselves are thus undertaken within a social framework that will hinder progress towards these goals. Rather than a crashing wave, Adi argues, Pan-Africanism “might be more usefully viewed as one river with many streams and currents.”. Pan Africanism has been impeded in the African continent due to colonialism and the aftermath of colonialism.In order to fully realize the positive outcomes of Pan Africanism in the continent, people of African descent in the diaspora must continue to look towards Africa,as helping the continent reach its full potential will ultimatley help stem racism and discrimination, everywhere and against all … Its Agenda 2063 is a “concrete manifestation of the Pan-African drive for unity, self-determination, freedom, progress and collective prosperity”.