Which one deserves a statue at the African union Monument so the question the two leaders who did more for African unity and African independence The Abyssinian Emperor Haille sellesie his country only six years under Italian Colonialism Ethiopians take pride that they were never colonized and they thank Their Emperor haille sellesie who showed courage even though he lived in exile for a short period in Queen Elezabeths palace in England. He was a uniter of the Ethiopians and the habeshas and gave Ethiopia one identity the Habesha identity oromo language was forbidden during his reign.He united Ethiopia with Eritrea an italian colony at that time he was an African uniter Emperor haile selesie
Now lets compare it to Kwame Nkrumah the Ghanaian leader he was a big advocator of africanism and African unity whats ironic this man organized the first local elections in his country ghana with out the brits even aware he was a leader before he took part of the elections not only that he organized riots against british Imperialism in many of the west African country's He even won the lenin peace price in 1963 Also in the year 1963 Mr nkrumah being also the president and before that the prime minister he called for the immediate formation of a pan African Government.He became the 3rd Chairpersons of the Organisation of African Unity he was indeed a remarkable man.
Mr Kwame nkrumah
Emperor Haile Sellassie