1112 Source from the Past

Nkrumah's call for African unity rather than fragmentation reflect the tensions between decolonization and the ongoing cold war because if separate African countries declare independence than that is going to cause huge tensions between all of the small broken countries in Africa, instead of standing as one. Also he speaks upon the fact that the United States and Russia are wasting each others money building up stockpiles of nuclear weapons that most likely will never be used.To be great county does not involve weapons, rather deep rooted faith in each other and will emerge as one. Also he says Africa's power will not be built on fear like communist countries rather in hope, trust and friendship. If all of Africa tries to separate themselves from each other they will never ever be able to successfully stand as a great power and achieve the goal of political union and peace.