Africa Free Trade Area Foretold : a Reflective Analysis of Kwame Nkrumah’S Views for Africa in Line with the Benefits of the Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area

Kwame Nkrumah was the Moses of Africa whose mission was to lead Africa into the promised land free of poverty through consolidation. During his reign as the President of Ghana, he advocated for African unity from a political and economic paradigm. Through his speeches and writings, he exuded this passion for Africa's integration, leaving his footprints on African history. Nkrumah's ideology sought to address the concerns of African emancipation, empowerment, economic freedom, identity, cultural norms, and patriotism. This paper reflects and analyzes how the ideas enunciated by the visionary Pan-Africanist Kwame Nkrumah are incorporated in the Agreement establishing African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). The economic integration agreement came into effect on 30 May 2019, potentially bringing Nkrumah's ideas to fruition to the benefit of the African Continent