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The drive for independence in Africa was first propounded by blacks in America in the philosophies of Pan-Africanism, African personality, & negritude in the early part of this century. Africans derived support from the Atlantic Charter & from the weakening by WWII of the European empires in Africa. The most important meeting leading to the formation of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) was the Conference of Independent African States in April 1958. In the same year another group, the Pan-African Freedom Movement of East & Central Africa, was formed, & by 1963 membership included eighteen countries. Between 1960 & 1962, twenty-three states achieved independence. On 25 May 1963, the OAU charter was signed, uniting forty-seven independent black & Arab nations to promote solidarity among member states. One of the most important OAU objectives has been decolonization of Africa, but even after this is achieved, the OAU will still be united in facing the numerous problems of political, economic, & social development in Africa. Modified HA.