African Unification Front
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Sun, 6 Nov 2005
AUF Statement on the AU and the Diaspora
By Caroline Kamau, AUF President
renaissancee@hotmail.com
 The riots in Paris and parts of France are the culmination of years of racial discrimination and economic marginalization of African immigrants and their descendants. The French government should address the causes of their discontent: the racial discrimination that they suffer in their daily lives, and their chronic economic deprivation.
Africans in France suffer high rates of unemployment and they endure persistent economic deprivation, as do African descendants in other parts of Europe, and in the Americas. People of African descent in the West are denied equal opportunities in education, employment, and housing, because of their ethnicity.
The AUF urges people of African descent in France and elsewhere in the world not to lose hope, and we urge them not to forget Africa. Africans everywhere – at home, and in the Diaspora, have a role to play in building an Africa that attends to their fundamental needs. United we stand, but divided we fall.
As Africans, we can build a homeland that provides for all of our fundamental necessities: our need for peace, democracy, economic wellbeing, and social equality. We can achieve this by coalescing with each other, and by standing by each other. In unity, we can address the crises of high unemployment, internal conflicts, and the global economic exploitation of Africa.
The AUF has been campaigning for African unity for many years. The Pan-African Parliament opened its first session in 2004. Numerous other aspects of the African Union are also in progress. We the AUF are campaigning for a common currency, for fair international trade, for open borders and for the economic rebirth of the African continent. We urge Africans in the Diaspora to support the ensuing African Union, because it is through the African Union that people of African descent can guarantee themselves true liberty, social equality, and a sustainable economic future – for them, and for future generations of Africans.
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