MEMBERS & VISITORS: The Ocean Refuses No River Returning to Ancestral Roots I’d like to tell you a story which actually came to me in a dream last night. It comes eerily close to the life I’m experiencing here in Kenya. I’ll call it “The Ocean Refuses No River: A Story of Return”. Jamal […]

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  MEMBERS & VISITORS: The Beauty of Intermarriage The phenomenon of African diaspora members returning to the continent and forming unions with continental Africans presents a rich buffet of opportunities and advantages across various spheres of life. These unions, often seen as bridges between cultures, carry profound implications for social, political, economic, cultural, educational, and […]

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  MEMBERS & VISITORS: Talking With One Another Is Loving One Another African Unity: Brothers and sisters, both on the African continent and in the diaspora, we are called to come together and engage in intergenerational dialogue to address our shared challenges and build a brighter future. In Kenya, there is a proverb that says, […]

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  MEMBERS & VISITORS: AFRICA’s ASCENT As an American African who has lived on the African continent for over eight years, I’d like to share the following poem. AFRICA’S ASCENT I am confident, for Africa’s heart beats strong, In every rhythm, in every song. A continent rising, bold and free, A beacon of hope, for […]

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  MEMBERS & VISITORS: African Unity ~ A Love Story Thank you for this one! It will contribute to the kind of African unity many of us yearn for faster than anything the African Union, ECOWAS, and their ilk could ever manifest. On top of this kind of union is the emotional and spiritual ties […]

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  MEMBERS & VISITORS PUTTING OUR HEADS TOGETHER An active question being raised on the African continent as well as within the African diaspora is, “What will happen when we put our heads together?” Because of the background of manufactured ignorance these two bodies of individuals have had about each other, this is a timely […]

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  MEMBERS & VISITORS What If Africa Was Just ONE Country? What If Africa Was Just ONE Country? Make no mistake, drawing up broad generalizations about the African continent is likely to be met with strong reactions, often deemed willfully ignorant. For as long as time has allowed, Africa has struggled with an image problem, […]

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  MEMBERS & VISITORS African American Man Marries A Ugandan Woman This is What it is like Being an African American Man Married To A Ugandan Woman Watch the interview of Brandon Abbot and his lovely wife on the Podcast. Brandon is from Austin, Texas and his wife is from Kampala Uganda. Kenya and Uganda […]

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  MEMBERS & VISITORS GO TOGETHER GO TOGETHER The technological progress of Africa and its Diasporans was dramatically broken beginning with slavery and later through its colonization by European powers up to today’s aspirants from China, European Union, America, and India. With the arrival of the 21st century, a new era of an awakened Africa […]

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