The African continent has never been proffered upon the bazaar of imperial titans by its own peoples; alas, it has been-and remains-dangled for auction by those who subjugated its inhabitants, ruling them through the iron fist of tyranny and terror, wielded by the machinery of militarism, armaments, and legions sustained from the very coffers of the people's toil and the bounties of their homeland. This resplendent continent, teeming with the vigor of youth in the majority of its denizens, is paradoxically governed by despots whose years have eclipsed eighty, or seventy in the most merciful of reckonings. The earth, once vast and welcoming, has constricted around its young, in this beauteous realm, casting them adrift upon shoreless seas, into merciless metropolises and nations that siphon the nectar of their prime. In this tome, the author beseeches every government and sovereign of the magnificent continent to forge unbreakable bonds of unity, charting a primordial course toward the reclamation of African dignity and exalted pride: let the militarists eschew the siren call of coups d'état, yielding the stage to a democracy attuned to the rhythms of their peoples and the cadence of their existence. The author summons all Africans to forsake the shadows of charlatanry, sorcery, enchantment, the veneration of the departed, and the deification of the living; let them pivot toward the luminous realms of science, illuminating their multitudes with the radiant torch of cognitive enlightenment. Elevate the stipends of educators to summits surpassing those of presidents, parliamentarians, and politicians-those notorious purveyors of hypocrisy. The author insists with unyielding conviction that no path unfurls before Africans save this: to coalesce and birth the United States of Africa, graced with a singular currency and a covenant of mutual defense. For Africa shall be exalted by none but her own steadfast sons and daughters; await not the white man, nor the yellow, nor ethereal visitors from the stars to exalt your stature-if you do not exalt it with your own indomitable will...
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Abdelaziz Sulaiman Yasin stands as a luminary: a Sudanese writer, thinker, researcher of religious affairs, and statesman of unflinching resolve. He pursued his scholarly odyssey at the University of Khartoum and Omdurman Ahlia University in Sudan, extending his intellectual voyage to Macquarie University, Charles Sturt University, and the University of Canberra in Australia. There, he ascended to the mantle of a lecturer of Politics and Public Policy, and with visionary foresight, he founded the Centre for Studies in Liberalism and Enlightenment (LESC). The author holds an abiding conviction that education and ethics constitute the sublime pathways to the elevation of individuals, communities, and, ultimately, nations themselves-forging from the raw ore of human potential the glittering edifice of collective grandeur.