4 (b) the rehabilitation, restoration, preservation and promotion of the African cultural heritage; (c) the assertion of the dignity of the African and of the popular foundations of his culture; (d) the combating and elimination of all forms of alienation and cultural suppression and oppression everywhere in Africa, especially in countries still under colonial and racist domination including apartheid; (e) the encouragement of cultural co-operation among the States with a view to the strengthening of African unity; (f) the encouragement of international cultural co-operation for a better understanding among peoples within which Africa will make its original and appropriate contribution to human culture; (g) promotion in each country of popular knowledge of science and technology; a necessary condition for the control of nature; (h) development of all dynamic values in the African cultural heritage and rejection of any element which is an impediment to progress. Article 2 In order to fulfill the objectives set out in Article 2, the African States solemnly subscribe to the following principles:(a) access of all citizens to education and to culture; (b) respect for the freedom to create and the liberation of the creative genius of the people; (c) respect for national authenticities and specificities in the field of culture; (d) selective integration of science and modern technology into the cultural life of the African peoples; (e) exchange and dissemination of cultural experience between African countries, in the field of cultural decolonization in all its forms.