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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE TO AFRICANS OF THE DIASPORA PLEASE CIRCULATE‏

His Excellency Baba Dudley Thompson

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Hujambo (greetings) Africans of the Diaspora:

I greet you with peace and love during this sacred season as a time never before to usher in African power in the world. I am truly delighted, thankful and grateful to those like you who have accepted the awesome and historic responsibility of leading and supporting WADU and the overall Pan African Movement in whatever capacity. Indeed, you are who we have been waiting for – restoration (of the African mind), reconstitution (of leadership) and reconstruction (rebuilding) of our communities, at Home and Abroad. As you may know, since my election as your President at the 2007 Summit in Jamaica, I have been diligently engaged in promoting WADU far and wide. I have spoken in the Caribbean, Europe, Africa and the United States. The meeting in South Africa with leaders such as Chairman Alpha Konare of the African Union and President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa was most significant in that the leaders at this continental ministerial meeting supported my plea for greater African-African Diaspora unity and empowerment. In Africa, I stressed the vital role of the Diaspora to ensure a politically, culturally, economically and even militarily strong and secure Africa and African people. Indeed, WADU becoming a vital vehicle for the empowerment of African people, worldwide.

Now you are asking what can YOU do to support WADU?  First, print and post WADU flyers in your communities. Second, organize family and extended family meetings in your community on topics and issues related WADU’s mission, goals and objectives. Third, identify, support and recommend leaders in your community for leadership of WADU. Finally, give financially to support WADU’s work. 

Let me conclude now by stressing that no longer do we need to feel forgotten or isolated. WADU has reached out to embrace you in a global system to reawaken the spirit of our fathers and mothers who fought exemplary to throw off the worse of slavery, racism and injustice. In your support lies our strength, THIS NEW AND ENLARGED FAMILY OF BILLIONS recognizes our allegiance, reverence and respect to our Ancient Kings and Queens of our own true history of Africa, our MOTHERLAND. We urge you to be faithful through service to our people and humanity. And please visit our website for updates at

 WWW.WADUPAM.ORG. See you or your representative in Trinidad this May 2008. Pamoja Tu Ta Shinda (Together we shall win), Kwaheri (blessings)!

Sincerely for Africans

Baba D.T. is a Highly Esteemed Leader and one of the African Union Eminent Elders of Africa. Baba was a participant of the 5^th Pan African Congress with those like Kwame Nkrumah, Amy Garvey and WEB Dubois. He was Attorney for President Jomo Kenyatta during the Mau Mau revolution in Kenya, ambassador to Africa and other nations, a former government leader of Jamaica, advisor to Nigeria’s President MKO Abiola on Reparations and indeed a living ancestor and the foremost Pan Africanist today.

October 28, 2007

President Appoints Secretariat, Urged  Unity and Action Now

Contact: Rev. P.D. Menelik Harris @ 404-527-7756 / http://www.wadupam.org/      

“We have a duty to redouble our efforts to make Pan Africanism real in our life time and to ensure Africans in the Diaspora not remain orphans of our Motherland, Africa,” declared His Excellency Dudley Thompson. Dudley Thompson, the President of the World Afrikan Diaspora Union (WADU) was speaking at a Special Session of WADU on the 57^th Anniversary of the 5^th Pan African Congress at Howard University in Washington, D.C. on October 27, 2007. The Special Session of WADU also coincided with the 20^th Anniversary of NCOBRA. WADU obtained unanimous endorsement to unify the Diaspora at the NCOBRA Conference.            

During WADU’s Special Session to appoint key leaders to the Secretariat, President Thompson emphasized that “Our most important goal is to establish the African Diaspora as the 6^th Region of Africa and as an integral part of the African Continent.” Consequently, the following key appointments were made to implement the mission of WADU: Dr. Leonard Jeffries, Vice President of WADU (WADU North – U.S.A, Canada & Europe); Kafra Kambon, Vice President (Central Region - Caribbean, Central America & Asia); Elombe Brath, Commissioner of Political Affairs; Akbar Muhammad, Commissioner of Foreign Affairs; Dr. Shelby Lewis, Commissioner of Economic Affairs; Dr. Joyce King, Commissioner of Education Affairs; Nana Farika Birhane, Commissioner of Cultural Affairs; and Herb Boyd, Commissioner of Communications.  

The Special Session of WADU was a follow-up to the Pan African Movement Summit in Jamaica in July, 2007 when the Honorable Dudley Thompson was unanimously elected to the Office of Chief Elder and President of WADU and to immediately organize a secretariat to unify the Diaspora as an integral part of Africa. Under the theme Political Determination for Cultural and Economic Rebirth, the Jamaica Summit prioritized the importance of forming a structure for the building a strong Diaspora region that will influence the creation of an All African government in Africa as a mandate of Pan Africanism.   

Some key participants and presenters of the 2007 Summit in Jamaica were: Dr. Leonard Jeffries, Vice President of the Association for the Study of Classical African Civilizations (ASCAC); Nana Norma Yaa Farika, former official Diaspora delegate to the OAU 6^th Pan African Congress (PAC) & 7^th PAC organizer; Minister Akbar Muhammad, Nation of Islam (NOI) Representative to Africa; Elombe Brath of Patrice Lumumba Coalition (PLC)/December 12^th Movement; Mutabaruka, Artist and Activist; Dr. Roselea Hamilton, Office of the Prime Minister; Ms. Maxine Stowe, Jamaican Creative Artist Network; Michael Henry, Representative of the Jamaica Parliament; Dr. Karen Carpenter, Jamaican Language Unit, UWI; Dr. Ashe Hamilton-Taylor, Science and Technology, UWI, Queen Mother Moses, Rastafari; Zaki Baruti, Universal African Peoples Organization (USA); Sister Vivine Abena, All African Peoples Revolutionary Party (England); Osei Bandele, USA; Jumoke D. Abrahams, Traditionalist; and Elder Ma Shanti, Rastafari.

 The PAM Summit was the second of a series of annual summits to unify the African Diaspora with Africa. The first Summit was held at Clarke Atlanta University (CAU) in Atlanta, Georgia. Some key leaders and participants of the 2006 Summit were Dr. Shelby Lewis, Africa Development Advisor & Consultant; Dr. Asa Hilliard, Vice President of the ASCAC; Charles Barron, NY City Council/former Black Panther Party; Joe Beasley, RainbowPush Coalition/Africa Ascension; Traditional High Priest Wande Abimbola of Nigeria; Cardinal Mbuyi Chui, Shrine of the Black Madonna/Pan African Orthodox Christian Church (PAOCC); Njeri Algahnee, National Coalition Of Blacks for Reparations in America (NCOBRA)/Rastafari Movement, Dr. Jewel Crawford (M.D.), Global African Congress; Joe Kumasi, WHADN/PAOC; Sobukwe Shakura, All African Peoples Revolutionary Party (AAPRP); Prince Rahm, African Hebrew Israelites; Atty. Mzee Tate, Concern Black Clergy of Atlanta; and Nana Prempe, UNIA. Additionally, representatives of the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, Republic of New Africa, NAACP, Progressive National Baptist Convention, the Presbyterian Church, USA, African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, the African Methodist Episcopal Church, etc. have participated and supported the PAM Summit.

The Special Session of WADU in Washington, D.C. scheduled May 2008 for the next Diaspora Summit to be held in South America. The Theme for the 2008 WADU Summit is Cultural Determination - for Economic and Political Rebirth.The next Special Session of WADU to consolidate the Secretariat is December, 2007 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. To participate and support, please contact Mama Anna Swanston at 404-527-7756 in Atlanta, GA or visit our website at http://www.wadupam.org/.

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