African Union: The Hope Of African Renaissance

With the setup of African Union and the signing of New Partnership for Africa's Development ( NEPAD ) at the beginning of 21st century, Pan-Africanism studies tend to be done in the economic field. To know the future of African Union, we need to analyze process of the development of Africa since independence and the progress of Pan-Africanism. From the perspective of the latter, Africa Union is the fruit of Pan-Africanism. So,this paper lays its emphasis on the prospects of African Union and African renaissance in the progress of globalization.This paper is divided into three parts:Part I is about the background of the establishment of African Union, including the political and economic development since independence, and the tendency of globalization at the 21st century and the status of Africa in the economic globalization as well. This part plays an important role for the setup of African Union and formulation of the strategy of African renaissance .Furthermore, this part analyzes the importance of the Pan-Africanism movement and the establishment of African Union in African history. Part II analyzes the strategies for the renaissance of Africa in the national, regional and international gradation. The ending tells that the way for the renaissance depends mainly on the self-reliance and active participation in the process of globalization, but it also tells the uncertainties for the real development with a cautious but hopeful conclusion about the future of African Union and African renaissance.