African Renaissance Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
The African Renaissance is a concept popularized by South African President Thabo Mbeki. He explained the concept of an African Renaissance in a speech in August 1998, when he was the deputy president of South Africa.The African Renaissance is an attempt to end the violence, elitism, corruption and poverty that seem to plague the African continent, and replace them with a more just and equitable order.
Mbeki proposes doing this by, among other things, encouraging education and the reversal of the "brain drain" of African intellectuals. He also urges Africans (led by African intellectuals) to take pride in their heritage, and to take charge of their lives.
It could be claimed that the African Renaissance is a form of Africanist utopianism.