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Organization of African Unity  

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  • The Organization of African Unity (OAU) was established by thirty-two independent African states on May 25, 1963, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The formation of the OAU was in response to Pan-Africanist political ideology that came to dominate a decolonizing Africa. [Source: Encyclopedia of Governance; Organization of African Unity, the]

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