Tag: Colonial Borders

Politics

Getting a Grip on Borderless Africa’s Foot Soldiers

Getting a Grip on Borderless Africa's Foot Soldiers During African Liberation Week, Africans Rising affiliates in 54 countries across the continent and its diaspora took initiatives to campaign for visa-free travel within Africa. Mukoma Onai caught up with the foot soldiers. By Mukoma Onai | May 28, 2025 Three hundred protesters trooped 5.2 km from Clerks Quarters to Molyko Omnisport Stadium in Buea, Cameroon, on May 27. Africans Rising for Justice, Peace and Dignity, a network of Pan-African progressives, and We Build, its local affiliate, organised the morning procession as part of African Liberation Week (May 23-May 28) activities under the theme “Borderless Africa”.  In the evening, a part of the crowd was back together at Iku at the foot of the volcanic Mongo ma Nde...