Barbados Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has envisioned the possibility of the creation of a United States of Africa.
She said to work on attaining this, the spirit of hard work demands that African and Caribbean leaders recognise that they can rise and win if they act in unity.
Speaking on Saturday, Mottley stated that her dream comes from her being a proud and “romantic” daughter of Africa.
"When I speak of USA with affection I do not only want to speak on that which is known in the Americas; I want to speak on that which ought to have been possible if the 1884 Berlin talks did not take place,” she said.
Mottley spoke during the 38th Ordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government of the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
“The possibility of the United States of Africa, which is as diverse as India, China in terms of ethnicity, language and religion but which is entirely possible if we see not ourselves first, but we see the unity of ourselves together.”
She added that Africa is capable of being the "protectors of people and planet of humanity as we go forward".
Mottley wondered why critics look down upon Africa, stating that its status as the continent with 40 per cent of the world's minerals makes it worth of being charge of helping to secure her destiny and stability of the world.
"How not, does the numbers of our two communities (Africans and Caribbean) who constitute a third of the world's states not act in singular purpose to forge the kind of world that they want and to be able to ensure that the institutions that deny access to us, to hear our voices as reflective of the continent and the small island developing states of the world?" she asked.
Mottley challenged the AU Assembly to work towards securing the continent's unity, saying one in every five persons in the world comes from Africa and its diaspora.
The African Union summit themed “Justice for Africans and People of African Descent through Reparations”, brought together heads of state and government from AU member states, alongside leaders from international organisations, non-governmental organisations and the private sector.
The Summit focused on advancing reparatory justice and fostering racial healing across the continent.
