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African Century
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The African Century is a term that has a variety of meanings. First, the term expresses the belief that the 21st century will bring peace, prosperity and cultural revival to the African continent, or is used to draw attention to the need of such an evolution. It is used in this way by among others Thabo Mbeki, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and David J. O'Reilly. [1] [2] [3] The stability and prosperity of democratic South Africa since the fall of the apartheid regime is often used as an example that such evolution is possible. The creation of the African Union in 2002 is seen as one of the first steps in this evolution.
Second, the term is also used to envision Christianity in the 21st century as predominantly African, due to the rapidly growing population in Africa and the decreasing importance of Christianity in Europe (accompanied by growing influence of Islam) which would cause a "geographical shift of faith" in the 21st century. This meaning is used by among others Phillip E. Johnson and Philip Jenkins. [4] [5]
- American Century
- Asian Century
- European Century
- African Renaissance
- Africanisation
- Afrocentrism
- Millennium Development Goals
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Philosophies and concepts: United States of Africa · Afrocentrism · Kwanzaa · Pan-African colours · Pan-African flag · Négritude · African nationalism · African socialism ·African Century · Africanization· African Code· Kawaida
Organizations and movements: African Union (preceded by the Organization of African Unity) · AAPRP · Uhuru Movement · UNIA-ACL · AllAfrica.com · African Unification Front · African diaspora
| Power statuses | Middle power | Regional power | Great power | Superpower | Hyperpower |
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| Further geopolitics | African Century | American Century | Asian Century | British Moment | Chinese Century | European Century | Indian Century | Pacific Century |
| Types of power | Soft power | Hard power | Political power | Power (sociology) | Machtpolitik | Realpolitik | Power projection | Polarity in international relations |
| Other | G8+5 | BRIC | BRIMC | Historical powers | Next Eleven | Energy superpower | Power transition theory | Second superpower | SCO | Superpower collapse | Superpower disengagement |