"Sport can play a significant role in achieving [greater unity between the countries and people of Africa and to promote their economic and social Advancement] by being a social phenomenon within the cultural, social, economic and political lives of peoples of the continent. Africa has indeed made great contributions to the culture in which sport is practiced worldwide today, and a future Architecture for the continent’s sport should be envisioned in the absence of the Supreme Council for Sport in Africa." (Quoted from article)