Africa Calling: A Manifesto for the Return: A Manifesto for the Return

By Jean-Pierre Bekolo

In this powerful manifesto, Jean-Pierre Bekolo calls for a revolution of consciousness, urging Africa and its diaspora to break free from manipulative narratives that cast the continent as either a victim or a resource to be exploited. His message is clear: Africa must stop being an object of history and become its subject.

Bekolo reframes Africa's strategic resources-coltan, cobalt, uranium-not as curses but as sources of power. He envisions a pan-African platform merging culture, economy, and collective intelligence to reclaim autonomy. His call to the diaspora is direct: "Return to Africa-this is where the future is being shaped."

Critiquing Africa-Europe relations, he denounces the failures of the Afro-European project, shaped by unbridled liberalism and structural racism. In contrast, he proposes a model based on hybridity, cultural mixing, and "mantism"-a universal ecological consciousness inspired by Africa.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 2599631947
• ISBN13: 9782599631940
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: Success Publication
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 8.0"