Ghana host 60th edition of All Africa People’s Conference on Saturday

The first All Africa People’s Conference held in Accra in 1958 to draft the resolution on imperialism and colonialism. Photo: RR

Ghana host 60th edition of All Africa People’s Conference on Saturday

The 60th edition of the All Africa People’s Conference (AAPC) will hold in Accra, Ghana on Saturday, 8 December, a report has confirmed.

The first All Africa People’s Conference held in Accra in 1958 to draft the resolution on imperialism and colonialism.

The five-day conference will be held at the Bank of Ghana (BoG) Auditorium of the University of Ghana on the theme: “Africa Must Unite: a mission for our generation”.

The conference which unites African countries, will be graced by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the President of Senegal, Mr Mackey Sall.

Other dignitaries and organisations expected at the event include members of the diplomatic corps, youth organisations, women groups, political activists from Africa, Europe, Latin America, North America and the Caribbean.

The event is being organised by the Kwame Nkrumah Pan-African Centre (KNAC) and the Pan-African Federalist Movement (PAFM) in Ghana.

The opening ceremony will feature speeches, panel discussions, audio-visual presentations, film screenings, poetry, cultural and musical performances. The audio format of Kwame Nkrumah’s classical thesis for Africa’s unity, “Africa Must Unite,” first published in 1963 will be presented in different languages.