Republic of New Afrika
Black nationalist organization and black separatist movement in the United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Republic of New Afrika (RNA), founded in 1968 as the Republic of New Africa, is a black nationalist organization and black separatist movement in the United States popularized by black militant groups. The larger New Afrika movement in particular has three goals:
- Creation of an independent black-majority country situated in the Southeastern United States, in the heart of an area of black-majority population.
- Payment by the federal government of several billion dollars in reparations to African American descendants of slaves for the damages inflicted on Africans and their descendants by chattel enslavement, Jim Crow laws, and modern-day forms of racism.
- A referendum of all African Americans to determine their desires for citizenship; movement leaders say their ancestors were not offered a choice in this matter after emancipation in 1865 following the American Civil War.
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Republic of New Afrika | |
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Flag of the Republic of New Afrika | |
Capital | Jackson, Mississippi |
Largest city | New Orleans |
Official languages | African-American English |
Demonym(s) | New Afrikan |
Government | |
• President | Sah Ankh Sa Ma’at[2] |
• Vice President | Ayodele Kofie |
Area | |
• Total | 750,503 km2 (289,771 sq mi) |
Population | |
• 2022 census | 22,427,294 |
The vision for this country was first promulgated by the Malcolm X Society[3] on March 31, 1968, at a Black Government Conference held in Detroit, Michigan. The conference participants drafted a constitution and declaration of independence,[3] and they identified five Southern states Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina (with adjoining areas in East Texas and North Florida) as subjugated national territory.[1]