By Zika Bobby
Fostering national unity was relived in Lagos, at the weekend, during the 2024 edition of Correct Connect Africa Foundation (CCAF) Africa Memorial Day Festival.
In his address, CCAF General Coordinator, Anthony Odior, harped on culture as a sacred tool that helps a people to understand their existence and provides the needed path to unity and progress.
The ace human rights and democracy activist, Femi Falana, in his keynote address, encouraged Africans to grow their households with democratic tenets and the rule of law while making conscious efforts to return the young ones to their African roots.
Falana said: “The culture of naming our young ones in ‘borrowed robes’ negates African culture and reinforces the culture of our erstwhile colonialists and imperialists.”
Guest Speaker, Deji Toye, underscores the need for African states to retool their educational curriculum for industry-oriented impact, harnessing the practical and technical potential of the young ones.
Responding to the call, Lagos State Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Basic Education, Abayomi Abolaji, assured the audience the state leads the pack in such needed educational reforms.
Enriched by exciting cultural displays of the strides of African heroes and heroines by different cultural troupes and the education production of the CCAF teens and Blooming Lights College, the event played host to dignitaries and people of divergent orientations in African Historical Consciousness, including Clement Djebah, Nollywood star, Richard Mofe Damijo, Nollywood producers, Jay Franklyn Jituboh and Omobayowa Alabi.
The African Cultural Music legends, Adunni and Nefertiti, thrilled the audience with songs that underscore the core of the rich cultural heritage of Africa.
The CCAF is a Pan-African organisation created by Africans passionate about connecting to their African roots and heritage through functional sensitisation and education.