The first Afro-Asian Peoples' Solidarity conference: A retrospective
Keywords:
Imperialism, Afro-Asian, Solidarity, Decolonization, Anticolonialism, Liberation movements, Independence, Socialisation, Nationalism, Patriotism, Arabs, ; Zionism, Underdevelopment, Socialism.Abstract
This article aims to analytically examine an unprecedented major historic event: the first Afro- Asian Peoples' Solidarity (AAPS) conference held in Egypt in 1957-1958. A general review of the AAPS allows to better understand resolutions and recommendations of its first conference in context. This includes its introductory and closing speeches, political issues and social matters it raised and tackled, its economic, cultural “humanistic”, and internal (organizational and financial) resolutions. The latter focus notably on the establishment of the Council for Afro-Asian Peoples' Solidarity and its Permanent Secretariat having its permanent headquarters in Cairo. Finally, a critical analysis of the first AAPS conference is crucial for several reasons and in the light of current circumstances and topical problematics.
