Like many Africans in the Diaspora, I have had countless conversations about the state of Africa, from one-on-ones with close friends to organized discussions and to random group debates, these conversations often center on a plethora of topics. Either it be about development, culture, politics, or wildlife, these conversations start casually but usually become heated [...]
As part of the discussions leading up to the celebration of the 50th anniversary of Africa’s Liberation Day, I participated in a high-energy panel debating the African Diaspora’s Responsibility Towards Africa. A significant part of the discussions centered on funding and capacity strengthening issues facing African civil society organizations (CSOs) – the masterminds behind positive [...]
In my household no one wore dashikis or dreadlocks. No one threw off their “slave” name in order to adopt African names. As an African-American child raised in intellectual circles in Detroit, it wasn’t that we weren’t proud to be black; we just simply accepted our racial and ethnic identity as fact and lived pragmatically in its reality. My [...]
We asked some of our readers to provide their thoughts on what they thought the African Diaspora’s responsibility towards Africa is and here are some select responses: For some, it was a question of defining who gets to be in the African Diaspora. Marissa explains: “Who is part of the Diaspora, and how far does [...]