We may complain all day long and blame the political class for our misfortunes, but we are also co-authors of our misfortunes. In many instances and for too long, we have given our political class a blank cheque to rule – or misrule. We’ve cowered, shrugged our shoulders and looked up to the heavens for salvation which is yet to arrive, and accepted our fate as the will of God. A lot of us, for whatever reason, have been complicit in the crimes of our political class by our silence or inaction. So, together we can effect changes! We can take action! So, we the peoples of Africa are sending a clear message to the AU and AUMS that we are determined to have an ALMIGHTY say in the manner in which we are being governed and the way the AU and AUMS conduct business, because it is no longer business as usual. We need to our tell stories. We are sure you also have a story to tell – and we keep those stories in the consciousness of Africa. Our political class for too long have acted as our spokes-people. You will probably agree that they they’ve done a bad job at it. We are taking over the mic, speakers and printed pages and presenting our stories ourselves. They are stories of our struggles, but also of our history, culture, music, language and everything about us. Our message is simple: we the peoples of Africa are tired of the way the AU and AUMS run Africa – and are therefore taking matters into our own hands, determined to have a proper say in the manner in which we are being governed. AU Watch is determined to bring all of us into that conversation! That for us is the “mobilisation of the masses”- “voxpopuli!”