As we celebrate the Africa Day, it’s high time to practically reimagine Chiekh Anta Diop’s (above) concept ‘African renaissance’ as the world gradually restructures into a new world order.

Recently, I watched a viral Video of French President Emmanuel Macron demanding silence from a loud audience of African students during a culture and youth session at Nairobi University in Kenya.

Despite macrons disciplining viral video and the Nairobi marathon with the Kenyan two times Olympic gold winner Eliud Kipchoge and 25 Billion US dollar pledge, mostly, what caught my attention was his statement claiming to be a true Pan African despite being a European.

Mr. Macron stated “We are the true Pan Africanists” we believe that Africa is a continent and that this continent has an enormous amount to build, it is the youngest in the world and therefore has an extraordinary demographic dividend, it is the one with the greatest growth in the world”.

Macron’s Pan African claim received public outrage, street demonstrations, diatribe and online condemnation across Africa;