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PREMIUM Nelson Amenya: What can a ‘Twar’ teach us about African unity? Our Columnists 6 min ago

PREMIUM Nelson Amenya: What can a ‘Twar’ teach us about African unity? Our Columnists 6 min ago

By GhanaSummary NewsroomKenya

Last week a “Twar” (Twitter war) between Kenyans and South Africans exposed two competing versions of pan-Africanism: one belonging to presidents and the businessmen who travel between their state houses, and the other to ordinary Africans who spent a few chaotic days insulting one another only to discover that they were conducting a shared audit of their governments.

As global power shifts between competing centres, Africa’s place will depend on which of these two can organise its interests and make them count, and for now the presidents lead the convoy.

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