Under the February sun of Marrakech, African minds met on a critical mission: to forge humanity amid global fractures, from Gaza to Congo and Sudan. On February 11th, renowned philosophers converged at Étoiles de Jamaa Lfna, a cultural centre reborn from a traditional Riad. Joined by a packed crowd of authors and students, Moroccan philosopher Ali Ben Makhlouf, Haitian poet Rodney Saint Éloi, and Senegalese philosopher Soulaymane Bachir Dagne fostered a dialogue hailed by poet Abdellatif Laabi as a “glimpse of the Pan-African dream realised.” As Saint Éloi proclaimed, “Each day, I awaken to a …