The days of Toussaint L'Overture, Nat Turner, Harriet Tubman, Marcus Garvey, Ida B. Wells, Kwame Nkrumah, Malcolm X, and Huey P. Newton may be gone.
But the struggle they fought and gave their lives too is far from over. The limited "gains" Blacks throughout the Diaspora have made since the 1950s and 60s have not changed the status of the masses of African people. A cursory glance at the American Black community and at the Black countries of the Third and Fourth World give a glimpse to the severity of our situation.
But we must remember that as
a people, nothing has marked our existence more so than struggle. The ideologies and movements of past contributors to the struggle yield a host of lessons to be picked up, improved upon and put to use. Today, more so than ever we must learn how to take the best of these diverse ideologies, remembering they all focused upon the same goal, and apply them to improve upon our present condition. It is KAMMAASI's mission to work towards this goal, thus uniting Black people collectively regrdless of religion,
politics, or nationality so that we may work as one in the struggle of liberation, empowerment, and true independence.
The African National Congress