In 2013, the continent marks 50 years of the historic signing of the OAU charter. Amidst the fanfare of the celebrations, there abide deep feelings of despondency and disappointment of leadership across the continent. There is the need therefore to revisit the question of how far the aims of the OAU were achieve, and even more how its successor, the African Union has fared as a proposed better framework for African unity, development and African identity fundamentally.

Papers related to the theme and more general topics related to African philosophy and studies will be accepted.