UN General Assembly
1976

240. Africa today is nationalist. Its recent history can be summarized as tremendous resistance to colonialism and neo-colonialism. What Africa represents in terms of cultural heritage, moral energy and economic power is considerable. Africa has a number of important trump cards for becoming very instrumental in the third world in a world in movement. The destiny of the new world cannot be adapted or adjusted to the ideas of Hegel with regard to Africa. The immediate weakness of the Nazis, to give one verifiable example, was to claim that the rest of humanity was subhuman. 241. Outside, Africa is pre-eminently described in terms of material, scientific and technological assistance-that is true. But inside, the problem of the security of the African peoples is the central problem and the international community, with all the force of its conscience, cannot ignore the fact that Africa is today the most coveted and at the same time the most crucial part of the world. This problem is genuinely fundamental, connected as it is with the survival of the peoples of Africa.