[The Conversation Africa] During an official visit to Washington DC in 1962, Cameroon's founding President Ahmadou Ahidjo informed President John F. Kennedy of his displeasure over anti-black racism in the US. Ahidjo met and praised the leadership of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the oldest African American civil rights organisation, for its willingness to unite with Africa "in a world-wide movement to fight against the evils of racial discrimination, injustice, racial prejudices, and hatre