ABSTRACT

The current development initiative by the African Union (AU) has been declared ‘the New African Renaissance.’ This paper traces the origin and meaning of African Renaissance and argues that the AU has yet to frame its development model within this concept. The challenges obstructing the Union from achieving its goals are lack of financial resources, weak capacity, and lack of political will. As a result, it continues to be externally dependent for development ideas and frameworks. Thus, I argue that for the Union to translate its aspiration for the African Renaissance into a reality, it is critical to break the culture of dependency. This would be possible through a homegrown approach to development that: (1) Creates and implements institutional capacity, fostering synergy between the Union and member states’ citizens. (2) Provides a mechanism that encourages a real commitment of African leaders to generate resources to fund the Union’s programme internally.

摘要

非洲联盟（AU）当前的发展计划已宣布为“新非洲复兴”。本文追溯了非洲文艺复兴的起源和意义，并认为非盟尚未在这一概念内构架其发展模式。阻碍国际联盟实现其目标的挑战是缺乏财政资源，能力薄弱以及缺乏政治意愿。结果，它仍然在外部依赖于开发思想和框架。因此，我认为，要使联盟将对非洲复兴的渴望转化为现实，打破依赖文化至关重要。这可以通过自主发展的方法来实现：（1）建立和实施机构能力，促进联盟与成员国公民之间的协同作用。