Should the diaspora continue looking toward Africa?

‎"It is only when man becomes master of his fate, able to determine his destiny, that he can 


be free from fears and inferiority.  Such an individual or a nation stands respected by all."


H.I.M. Haile Selassie I






A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of attending a seminar, for lack of a better word, on Africa from a Pan-African perspective.  Given my determination to see 'all things African', as my eldest says, I was very enthused to attend.  And I certainly was not disappointed.  I met several peoples there in attendance who, like myself, though born in the west, had Africa and 'all things African' emblazoned deeply on their hearts and souls.


So it is with that testament that I found myself more than a little disappointed by yet another story from African shores, from in the land, my land once long lost but never forgotten.  One more story of how some of the family back home just doesn't take to some of us who were either stolen or forced out, and who presently find ourselves ascending from that lineage.

Message To The African Diaspora

"If God lives in you, then you have the obligation to walk the earth as a God .  Everything that touches your life must be an instrument of your liberation, or you must throw it into the trash can of history."

Dr. John Henrik Clarke


"The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed."
 

Steve Biko: Speech in Cape Town, 1971

I received the following letter in my inbox several days ago and wanted to share it with my family.  It was already shared with many ones and ones throughout the African Diaspora and it has received a great deal of attention and congratulatory praises from many.   I had already been writing a brief piece myself when it reached my desk, in regards something very similar but the author hit the mark much stronger than I.

The letter, 14 pages long and I understand that it was whittled down from over 20 pages, is a history lesson of sorts, inasmuch as it is an introduction, or further introduction for Diasporan Africans both continentally and abroad.  There are too many salient points for me to address in these few lines, so I attach here for your viewing and edification.  It is rather long but it well worth the read.  Feel free to comment and help the conversation continue.  The only way we are ever going to get to the point that we are truly family once more, is through open honest communication.

"God is love, so let us love."

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Benetton Emasculates The Afrikan President of USA

Much as I might not support President Obama as CEO, I can't believe most Afrikan people here aren't more outraged at Benetton new ad campaign where they have Obama "kissing" other world governors.  I mean if Sandusky and now Fitzpatrick scandals alone don't show just how much American culture is out to feminize and emasculate the Black Man, this clearly has to and should not be left well enough alone.