Diaspora academics and those in Africa can do great things together: Collaboration is key. ShutterstockWhat happens when you pair an African academic living in the diaspora with one who is teaching and conducting research on the continent? That’s the thinking behind the African Academic Diaspora Support to African Universities programme, which I have been involved in since … [Read more...] about Diaspora academics and those in Africa can do great things together | The Conversation
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Kinky, curly hair: a tool of resistance across the African diaspora | The Conversation
Kinky, curly hair: a tool of resistance across the African diaspora: For women studying and working in Eurocentric institutions, wearing natural hair can be a symbol of resistance ShutterstockAcross the African diaspora, stigmatising kinky and curly hair was a central way that European colonisers and slave-owners subjugated black people. In many places, like Brazil and the … [Read more...] about Kinky, curly hair: a tool of resistance across the African diaspora | The Conversation
PM Narendra Modi to Indian diaspora in Johannesburg: We have launched …
PM Narendra Modi to Indian diaspora in Johannesburg: We have launched …: Inviting the Indian community and South Africans to visit India, PM Narendra Modi is his Johannesburg address today said, “We have launched the facility of e-visa. You can get an Indian visa, sitting at home, in your e-mail, at no cost.” Read the full article by here: Johannesburg, South … [Read more...] about PM Narendra Modi to Indian diaspora in Johannesburg: We have launched …
Literature by Africans in the diaspora can help create alternative narratives | The Conversation
Literature by Africans in the diaspora can help create alternative narratives: ShutterstockCelebrated Ghanaian writer and academic Ama Ata Aidoo has no time for “Afropolitans”. This is a notion popularised by the self-described “multi-local” author Taiye Selasi. Afropolitans are a current, cosmopolitan generation of “Africans of the world”. But … [Read more...] about Literature by Africans in the diaspora can help create alternative narratives | The Conversation
BATUK – “THE HOUSE MUSIC TRIO CONNECTING THE AFRICAN DIASPORA THROUGH RHYTHM
House Music Trio – Batuk Photo: Batuk Music Johannesburg, 21 April 2016 – Batuk is a house music collective founded by South African producers Aero Manyelo and Spoek Mathambo alongside Mozambican/South African lead vocalist, Manteiga. The eclectic ensemble is on a quest to connect the African diaspora by exchanging and sharing rhythm culture and language while … [Read more...] about BATUK – “THE HOUSE MUSIC TRIO CONNECTING THE AFRICAN DIASPORA THROUGH RHYTHM
