摘要
The vision of African unity adopted by the OAU is alive and well,and is being pursued by the AU The Organisation of African Unity(OAU),founded and launched on 25 May 1963,was the highest and the most concentrated expression of Pax Africana in the twilight of colonial domination in Africa.It was Africa’s epic united front against the cunning shenanigans of the then retreating European colonial forces.The path to shaping and consolidating on this pan-African framework to tackle the burning issues of the time and the remnants of colonialism,and charting the course of total independence for all of Africa was tortuous.