Kwame Nkrumah’s Historic Call for African Unity – Addis Ababa, 1963 In 1963, during the founding of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) in Addis Ababa, Ghana’s first President, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, delivered one of the most powerful speeches in African history. With the resounding declaration, “We must unite now or perish,” Nkrumah urged African leaders to embrace continental unity as the only path to lasting freedom and prosperity. He advocated for the creation of a Union Government for Afric