Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem

There is also a bifurcated expectation about both schools.

However it also provided opportunity for those who are not defensive about their legitimacy to speak out loudly. They did not have to have to lead big states to do so.

I am not sure that this Donor-driven Pan Africanism is desirable or sustainable. But I am very certain that long after donor priorities have changed and their mercenary grantees retreat from Addis, there will still be Africans engaged with the AU because it is politically important to do so.