Introduction Is there really a Global Africa? And, if there is, who belongs to it, who are the stakeholders? What work is this concept performing, or hoped to perform? In this discussion I am approaching the question of Global Africa and African futures with an Afropolitan, optimistic view and seek to identify forces and trendsContinue reading “Practical Pan-Africanisms: Global Mobility and Blackness”
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DISORDER
DISORDER It was 2023 and I was still recuperating from 2020. Instead of my former gregarious self, I tire in crowds or big groups and I don’t keep up small talk as much as I used to. I came to love the quiet world inside my house with my computer, my thoughts, and my music.Continue reading “DISORDER”
A TROUBLED BLACK PAST: Tell it Like It Is
Most would agree that within the professional community, on college campuses, and in the general population one often finds conflict and cultural misunderstanding between African Americans and Black immigrants. When African Americans go to Africa, they are often put-off by the presence of well-to-do elites in nations with large numbers of obviously poor and disadvantagedContinue reading “A TROUBLED BLACK PAST: Tell it Like It Is”
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