Jacob Zuma was hosted by Burkina Faso’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hon. Karamoko Jean Marie Traoré, and His Excellency J. Kassoum Coulibaly, Burkina Faso’s Ambassador to the United States, at the ADDI Pan-African Conversations.
Zuma delivered an address on “The History of Liberation Movements in Africa” to an audience of African Diaspora members from the United States, the Caribbean, Jamaica, and the United Kingdom.
Many attendees are set to receive permanent residency in Burkina Faso as part of the country’s Pan-African initiative.
Former South African President Zuma Addresses Pan-African Event in Burkina FasoOuagadougou, Burkina Faso
According to the Burkina Information Agency (AIB), the event brings together political, cultural, and intellectual figures from across Africa and the diaspora to strengthen solidarity ties and promote the continent’s development.
Initiated by the African Diaspora Development Institute (ADDI), the gathering includes a delegation of nearly 700 Afro-descendants who chose Burkina Faso as a symbolic destination for a return to their ancestral land.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, this “grand return” to Burkina Faso reflects the desire of Afro-descendant communities to reconnect with their African roots
