This year marks the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) which was renamed the African Union (AU) in 2002.
The birth of the OAU marked the end of the colonial era which had seen most of Africa suffer under the yoke of European colonialism.
It also symbolised the beginning of the post-colonial era which engendered promises of a African renaissance or rebirth.
The founding document of the new continental body, the OAU Charter, committed it to end colonialism, forging African unity,
