Ghana

Now 100 years ago today, Kwame Nkrumah - Ghana's first president and one of the main inspirations behind the Pan African movement - was born.

And to mark the occasion, hundreds of Ghanaians have been attending a vigil in the capital Accra to usher in the country's first ever founder's day - and it is a public holiday.

As independence was declared in 1957, Kwame Nkrumah gave a speech that seemed to sum up his political philosophy.

But how relevant is his vision today?

Akwasi Sarpong spoke to Professor Azaveli Lwaitama, who teaches political theory at the University of Dar Es Salaam.