Siphiwe Baleka at the 9th Pan African Congress in Lomé, Togo: Calls for Amnesty for Political Prisoners and Prioritizing the Political Unification of African and Afrodescendant People

"There are certain states who participate as supporters in conferences held for African unity and are at the same time engaged in acts that would divide Africa. Can we then accept this as in support to Our cause?"

- HIM Haile Selassie I Visit to Eritrea, June 27, 1962