[Premium Times] On this Africa Day, as Africans commemorate the founding of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) in 1963--now the African Union (AU)--one is compelled to ask: have we, as Africans, lost touch with the ideals that inspired our forebears? Have we become too quick to forget the dream of a united, prosperous, and self-reliant Africa? An Africa built on solidarity, non-alignment, and the shared struggles and aspirations of its people? Pan-Africanism, once a powerful rallying cry against colonial rule and