The following are documents which have contributed to the shaping of Global African history. These documents are a starting point for additional research and discussions that help further our understanding the history of people of African ancestry in the United States.
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu Declaration of Biafra Fellow countrymen and women, you, the people of Eastern Nigeria: Conscious of the supreme authority of Almighty God over all mankind, of your duty to yourselves and posterity; Aware that you can no longer be protected in your lives … Read More(1967) Biafra’s Declaration of Independence
On February 5, 1967 Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere announced the Arusha Declaration outlining the principles of Ujamaa which he called African Socialism. The principles were to guide the economy of the newly independent nation rooted in the concept of self-reliance. The Declaration appears below. On … Read More(1967) The Arusha Declaration
We, the black students of South Africa, believing that the black man can no longer allow definitions that have been imposed upon him by an arrogant white world concerning his being and his destiny and that the black student has a moral obligation to articulate … Read More(1969) SASO Black Students’ Manifesto
South African Students Organization (SASO) “Resolution on Black Theology” Resolution No. 57 taken at General Students’ Council 1971 This G.S.C. believes that: (1) Black theology is not a theology of absolutes, but grapples with existential situations. Black theology is not a theology of theory but … Read More(1971) SASO Resolution on Black Theology
SASO The University—What Does it Mean to You? From a pamphlet of SASO, the South African Students’ Organization 1972 Not many of us are thinking seriously about a university among our people except to suggest a craving for higher education. To many of us this … Read More(1972) SASO: Black Students and the University
Black Ministers of the Dutch Reformed Church: Statement on Apartheid Statement by Black Ministers of the Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk in Afrika (Dutch Reformed Church in Africa) Johannesburg November 16, 1973 The ministers fraternal of the Dutch Reformed Church in Africa met to discuss newspaper reports … Read More(1973) Black Ministers of the Dutch Reformed Church: Statement on Apartheid
Constitution of the Republic of South Africa (1996) Preamble We, the people of South Africa, Recognise the injustices of our past; Honour those who suffered for justice and freedom in our land; Respect those who have worked to build and develop our country; and Believe … Read More(1996) Constitution of the Republic of South Africa
