
Borderless Africa: The Reparations Africa Owes Herself
“We have been engaged in drawing lines upon maps where no white man’s feet have ever trod; we have been giving away mountains and rivers and lakes to each other….”
The overall vision of the movement is outlined in the vision document, the Kilimanjaro Declaration, which was adopted when the movement was founded and revised by members at the Pan-African Movement Assembly.
Expanding space for civic and political education, political action and resisting internal and external forces who advance an agenda of exploiting and excluding Africans.
Demanding reparative justice that allows Africa to recover from the devastating effects of slavery, colonisation, neo-colonisation and climate change.
Focusing our struggles on the well-being and dignity of our people in the economic and socio-political development that guarantees the rights of African people.
Demanding ethical governance, an end to abuse of power and theft of public resources; and rights of African people to freedom of speech, organising and political association.
Fighting against all forms of human trafficking, modern-day slavery and discrimination based on work and descent.
Fighting for gender justice across Africa to end centuries of patriarchy, sexism and misogyny.
Demanding for ecological justice.
Actualising African Unity, a borderless Africa with one currency, free movement of people, goods and services and the total liberation of our people.

Broad continental and global campaigns on the mandate areas under the Kilimanjaro Declaration. These campaigns and advocacy actions are implemented with member movements, activists and organisations at national, sub-regional and continental…

As a Movement of Movements, Africans Rising works with, builds, strengthens and supports our members (African social movements, activists and organisations) to and achieve more impact. We also build movements in places or areas where there is need for grassroots mobilisastion…

Africans Rising leverages its numbers as the largest Pan-African movement to mobilise and build solidarity among African people both in the continent and the diaspora. Our biggest annual mobilisation is the African Liberation Week that is the week of 25th May commemorating…
Founding Chair of Africans Rising

“We have been engaged in drawing lines upon maps where no white man’s feet have ever trod; we have been giving away mountains and rivers and lakes to each other….”

In October 2025, Africans Rising joined a Pan-African delegation on a Cultural Reparations Tour following an invitation from Kimberly Poole,

Koitalel Arap Samoei’s name stands as a reminder that Africa’s story of colonialism was never one of passive submission.

The story of the Wanga Kingdom in Western Kenya reminds us that colonial injustice was not only about stolen labour overseas,
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