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10 names of African national leaders who attended early Organization of African Unity (OAU) summit meetings (especially the founding summit in Addis Ababa in May 1963), when Haile Selassie I hosted and other early summits were held while he was still in power:
🇨🇴 Leaders Who Attended OAU Meetings in the Haile Selassie Era
- Haile Selassie I — Emperor of Ethiopia (host and first OAU chairperson)
- Ahmed Ben Bella — President of Algeria
- Ahmadou Ahidjo — President of Cameroon
- David Dacko — President of the Central African Republic
- François Tombalbaye — President of Chad
- Fulbert Youlou — President of the Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville)
- Kwame Nkrumah — President of Ghana
- Sékou Touré — President of Guinea
- Houphouët-Boigny — President of Côte d’Ivoire
- William V. S. Tubman — President of Liberia
These leaders — from North, West, Central, East, and West Africa — were among the original founders or regular participants in OAU summits during the 1960s while Haile Selassie I and his contemporaries were shaping the continental organization
