On behalf of the African Diaspora, the leadership of the World African Diaspora Union (WADU), and the leaders of our affiliate organizations, we would like to express our deepest condolences to the people of Ethiopia during this period of great mourning for the loss of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and  Abuna Paulos of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo  Church. Both have served the Pan African Movement bringing greater unity to the African world from the horrifying and traumatic experiences and effects of colonialism.

The Pan Africa Diaspora would also like to use this moment as a period of thanksgiving for the sacrifices made by the people of Ethiopia, their government and institutions, for graciously hosting the African Union and therefore all the people of Africa, from its very inception in 1963.

In the spirit of our glorious Pan African legacy, we are profoundly urging all Africans during this very vulnerable period to be extraordinarily vigilant in Ethiopia and across the African world. We recommit to praying and working together with the people of Ethiopia, the government and the African Union for greater peace, prosperity and for the promotion of the rights of African people, across Africa and for those in the African Diaspora. Let us now abide by the lasting words of HIM Haile Selassie that “Pan Africanism as the best method to resolve our problems…”

Sincerely African,

Dr. Leonard Jeffries, President of WADU

Dr. Andy Kweku Thompson, Executive

Baba John Watusi Branch, Executive        

Baba James Small, Executive

Dr. Joyce King, Executive      

Nana Yaa Farika, Executive

Minister P.D. Menelik Harris, Executive 

Baba Elombe Brath, Executive Emeritus

Dr. Julius Garvey, Executive Support (UNIA/ACL)

Baba Khafra Kambon, Executive Support, (CPAN), Trinidad & Tobago

Minister Akbar Muhammad, Executive Support, (NOI)

Baba Mukasa Dada, Executive Support (AAPRP/SNCC)

Baba Joe Beasley, Executive Support, (Rainbow Push Coalition/Civil Rights Leader)                

Dr. Molefi K. Asante, Executive Support (Afrocentric International)

Dr. Georgina Falu, Executive Support, Puerto Rico

Omowale Clay, Executive Support, D-12^th Movement

Dr. Verene Shepard, Executive Support, UWI, Jamaica

Dr. N. Abena L. Jackson, Executive Advisor, Columbia, South America

Dr. Niara Sudarkasa, Chief Elder (Chair)

Mama Sybil W. Clarke, Queen Mother

Mother Kephyr, High Council

Nana Anna Aswan, High Council

His Excellency Baba Dudley Thompson, President Emeritus 

Reverend Dr. Ndugu T’Ofori-Atta, Chair Emeritus (RHAW/ITC)                   

Q.M. Yaa Dorothy Lewis, Executive Emeritus, (NCOBRA/GAC/RNA)

Queen Nzingha R. Heru, Emeritus/President Emeritus, ASCAC

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World African Diaspora Union (WADU)     8/22/2012 

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