"When traveling in many African countries it is often striking to see how many young people feel attached to the concepts of African identity and African unity. In Cí´te d’Ivoire, Senegal and Cameroon, to give just three examples, pan-Africanism has become something close to a religion.
As the power of globalization continues to weaken boundaries of statehood, many young people in Africa are increasingly becoming aware of their own political and economic environment. It is in this regard that pan-Africanism has found a viable niche for renewal in the 21st century among an educated grouping of middle-class Africans.
Rather than focusing only on identity, this “˜new’ pan-Africanism is also a call for democracy, good governance and economic development. The renewal of this pan-African attitude is manifested through increased intra-African trade, increased exchanges within Africa’s universities, continent-wide calls for good governance and the ubiquitous and growing membership of pan-Africanist groups on social media platforms.
Dreaming of a brighter future, most young people are tired of dictatorial leaders who have clung to power since independence."
(Source https://africanarguments.org/2015/06/30/the-rise-and-paradoxes-of-pan-africanism-toda)
