Africa and the OAU face to face with the future An Introductory Statement by His Excellency Mr. Edem Kodjo Secretary General of the OAU 19th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government Addis Ababa, 6-11 June 1983

Abstract

To address this august Assembly whereas all around the echoes of the hardly abated outcry and murmuring are still perceptible, and there is laceration and invective, whilst a morbid chilling swell permeates and petrifies our dear Continent, is indeed to venture a painful plunge.