"This book ... will serve as an irreplaceable source of inspiration to very numerous Africans, including those in the African Diaspora, who daily pray, like the author of this book, for Africa's Renaissance. More than this, surely, it must inspire these millions of African patriots to act with sustained vigour to being about this Renaissance. This is because it illustrates and communicates the message that the rebirth of a modern and humanist society of more that a billion people, rendered invisible by a hostile past, is actually possible and within reach if and when as Africans we allow ourselves to act together as Pan Africanists." Thabo Mbeki, Former President of South Africa