Saidi Gassama criticizes some African activists

Saidi Gassama, director The executive of Amnesty International’s Senegal branch has criticised some African activists for their simplistic view of Pan-Africanism.

Gassama believes that these activists and their supporters on social networks reduce Pan-Africanism to expelling France from the continent and replacing it with Russia.

The executive director of Amnesty International’s Senegal branch seemed to point to a trend among some African activists who, rather than promoting genuine autonomy and independence for African countries, are simply seeking to replace one foreign influence with another.

For some African activists and their followers on social networks, Pan-Africanism is simply an expulsion #France The continent’s #Russia.

— Seydi Gassama (@SeydiGassama) July 1, 2024