ECAS 2013 5 th European Conference on African Studies African Dynamics in a Multipolar World ©2014 Centro de Estudos Internacionais do Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL) ISBN: 978-989-732-364-5 CONFLICTS, IDENTITY CRISIS AND THE WITHERING AWAY OF THE AFRICAN UNION: A QUEST FOR A NEW (O)AU Surajudeen Oladosu Mudasiru Department of Political Science Faculty of Social Sciences Lagos State University, Ojo PMB 0001 LASU Post Office Badagry Expressway Ojo Lagos Nigeria somudasiru@gmail.com