የአፍሪካ አንድነት ድርጅት (ኦ ኤ ዩ) የአፍሪካ ሕብረት (ኤ ዩ በየአፍሪካ አንድነትን የተካው) ባለፈው ሳምንት በአዲስ አበባ ከተማ የወርቅ ኢዩቤልዩውን በማክበር ላይ ነው፡፡ በሜይ 1963 አፍሪካ አንድነት ሲመሰረት፤የጋናው ፕሬዜዳንት ክዋሚ ንኩርማ የመዝጊያ ንግግሩን የደመደመበት በተለይ በእድገት ላይ ያለችውንና ተቀኚ የነበሩትን የአፍሪካ ሃገራት ወደ ነጻነት ለመራችው ኢትዮጵያ ለክብሯ በመረጠውና ባዘጋጀው ግጥሙ ነበር፡፡ ግርማዊ ቀዳማዊ ኃይለ ሥላሴን አስመልክቶ ንኩሩማ ሲናገር: ‹‹ግርማዊ ሆይ! በጓደኞቼና በራሴ ስም የሚቀረኝ ለኢትዮጵያና ለሕዝቦቿ በተለይም ለግረማዊነትዎ ያለኝን አክብሮት በመግለጽ በዚህች ታሪካዊ ሃገር ባደረግነው ቆይታ የተቸረንን አቀባበልና መስተንግዶ ሳላመሰግን ማለፍ አይቻለኝም፡፡ ንኩሩማህ ዘወትር ባነበብኩት ጊዜ ትውስታ የሚያጭርብኝን ይህን የግጥሙን ስንኝ አሰማ፡፡ የራሱ የንኩሩማህ ቃላት እነዚህ ናቸው፡፡
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