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Defining the Diaspora's Role and Potential With Africa →
Beyond the broad categorizations of the African diaspora and rhetorical questions posed by Dele Fatunla in his blog post, “What’s Diaspora Got To Do With It?”, he raises an important and timely question about what role the African diaspora plays and should play in supporting Africa’s growth.
Fatunla correctly lists remittances, tourism and brain drain as areas where diaspora have proven to have a critical impact in Africa, albeit sporadic at times. These are the most recognizable ways in which diaspora relate with Africa. They are not comparable to the experience of day-to-day living in Africa, but as a member of the diaspora that once relocated to my ancestral homeland of Eritrea for two years and currently spends half my time on the continent, I know there are additional ways Africans abroad are making an impact in Africa.
Before we explore those examples, it’s worth noting that Fatunla fails to define who exactly the diaspora is within the context of his analysis. It is overly simplistic and dangerous to suggest they are “a group of people who by and large fled the continent when it was most in need, and returned when it least needs them”. The diaspora must be disaggregated into its many parts and identify what contributions they actually are providing.
To begin, the “African diaspora” is not monolithic. We are a diverse, multifaceted & multigenerational demographic spanning every continent and socioeconomic status. There are exhaustive studies by the World Bank, Migration Policy Institute, DFID and countless NGOs exploring this definition. Many diaspora left home or were raised abroad for a variety of reasons, including war, conflict, insecurity or the lack of economic opportunity. Yet we remain connected with our homelands. Others grew up abroad and maintained a relationship with the continent by any means, either through regular visits, community language school or establishing transnational business ties. Even more significant however are the emerging diaspora youth leaders raised abroad and seeking to forge deeper relationships with their homelands, as will be revealed later in this piece.
West Africa: BBC’s An African Journey - Part 1
‘Explore an Africa that is in my view is too often forgotten, but too important to ignore.’
Jonathan Dimbleby’s Africa consists of more than 50 countries. Each one is unique. With its population of more than a billion, Africa – where humans originated at least 100,000 years ago – is the most culturally and ethnically diverse continent on the planet.
In this episode he visits Mali, Ghana and Senegal.
India: Humanity’s Second Stop
It has long been believed that after the evolution of modern man (yes, we believe in evolution), about 70,000 years ago humans spread out from Africa and began to populate the world. New research that tracked the change in DNA across a sample size of over 500,000 people around the world seems to indicate that this story isn’t entirely true.
In fact, scientists are now saying that humans evolved in Africa, then built boat to cross over to Arabia, ultimately settling in the fertile lands of India. It’s like early man implicitly understood the potential of Bollywood. After a few dozen millenia of perfecting the spiritual sciences and learning how to build homes with multi-suite basements, our ancestors banged their brains out to populate the planet and ensure the supremacy of the human race.
At least, that’s our take on the story:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2057546/Early-humans-Africa-route-Arabia-Egypt.html
This month, let us remember their contribution.
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Get The Picture: What It Really Means: Marvin's Room →
There comes a time where a song, television show, book and or/movie hits a chord in our mental which triggers positive and negative memories. These presentations of the arts submitted by various indivduals who we admire to no end. But it’s their craft that touches us in ways we’ll never be…
