Article by Indepth Africa at 2012-06-03 04:42:58 Categorized in Article, News, Pan Africa,
See more posts like this on Tumblr
#africa #african diaspora #communityMore you might like
Rise Africa Community; Join us!
One of the main inspirations behind the launching of Rise Africa is to establish a strong online community of Africans, descendants of Africa, and members of the African diaspora. Although many of us are aware of the trials and tribulations facing our beloved continent and various African countries, seldom do young people congregate and actually converse, exchange ideas and share possible solutions with one another. Along with matters occurring on African soil, we would also like to call attention to the Africans in America and all across the globe and talk about the social challenges and barriers that present themselves when trying to assimilate to a new land with new rules. Hopefully we will be able to provide a space where such conversation can take place.
We would love if you all participated in the discussions that we will be bringing forth, entered the contests for free shirts that we’ll soon announce, and helped us highlight the positivity and rich cultures of our land. Yes we want to address Africa’s shortcomings, but we do not want to dwell on them. Mainstream media already has that covered, our mission is to flaunt a side of Africa that’s overshadowed and intentionally ignored.
With that being said, if you know of a young African who is trying to improve the conditions of African communities, please contact us at infor@africaisdonesuffering.com. If you have a topic that you want discussed or an article published, contact us at the same e-mail address and we can further discuss what you have in mind.
If you want, could you please take this time to send us a message introducing yourself and speaking about your relation to Africa and overall interest in African matters? Your introduction will be appreciated and read by like-minded individuals. We’re so excited to get our community established and growing, please become a part of what we are aiming to do. We’ll be looking forward to hearing from you all! Thanks and have a blessed day.
P.S. Our community is not limited to Africans or descendants of Africans. Anyone with interest in African affairs is more than welcome to participate. Thanks!
In discussions about Africa and the diaspora, they tend to be focused largely on African experiences and African-American experiences in the United States. When speaking about the African diaspora, most attention is focused on native U.S. Black Americans. But other Black experiences, such as Afro-Caribbean-Americans, are mostly left out or absorbed into native U.S. Black experiences, which frustrates me. It frustrates me because our specific cultural orientations and our influences on other black ethnicities are rarely put to the forefront. I hear conversations from people whose family is directly from African countries in which they say they have triple or quadruple consciousness, but I feel similarly as a Caribbean-American. I often easily forget that I am of Caribbean descent as I absorb the histories of black people in the United States, without questioning about Caribbean histories and histories of Caribbean people in the States.