July 2021

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20 Jul

Pathway to the Homeland

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It is the dream of every African in the diaspora to be given the right and privileges just like citizens in other countries. So far, Ghana is the first country that willingly accepted Africans in the diaspora and was given the right to freedom.

Decades ago, when the United Nations stripped Africans of their integrity and honour, it subdued to unending toil and anguish. Africans embarked on a journey of no return far away from their homelands.

Envision

• That United Nations saw them as first-class citizens. That they help Africans in the diaspora trace back their roots by conducting DNA tests. Getting accepted by their families in a place they call home- finally free from racism and discrimination.

• That the United Nations protect their human rights and respect for the diasporas. And this development be officially approved and remembered as a sign of freedom for all Africans in the diaspora

• Also, that African diasporas be given equal right to abode; just like in Ghana where all diasporas are given a temporal pass or permitted, the right to settle in Ghana. They provide a connection between the government and the diasporas to facilitate developing and investing in the country. Currently, Africans in diaspora only operate on a temporal pass, residency/work permit until both Association (Ghana Caribbean and African-American Association) says otherwise.

• That a day comes when returnees (African diaspora) feel at home. They are brothers and sisters and should be treated as such. They should be given the “right to abode” in any African country because ” they share a common interest,”… according to the director of research at Ghana interior ministry, Samuel Amankwah.

• That someday the United Nations will collaborate with other African countries to raise funds for the diaspora that give better lives: creating jobs, building facilities, and health care centers for regular treatments and checkups.

• And also that the United Nations implement a mandatory course for Africans in the diaspora. To lecture them on the cultural practice of various countries before relocating or resettling.

• That someday Africans in various countries will be given citizenship, especially those who want to relocate. Citizenship should be granted in countries where they (Africans in Diaspora) can easily blend in with their culture in one way or another.

For example, diasporan Brazilians would do rather well in Angola or Cape Verde since Portuguese is the common language among theree countries, while diasporan francophones and Haitians would feel most comfortable in Ivory Coast or Cameroon, not to mention African North-Americans and Caribbean diasporans who would be more likely than not do well in Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Liberia or the Gambia since the English language is prevalent in these countries, and let us not forget our Spanish speaking diasporan brothers and sisters in Cuba, Puerto Rico, Venezuela and Columbia who share a common language with the African country Republic of Equatorial Guinea, get the picture?

• I see the United Nations giving all Africans citizenship in their country of birth. This will give them the right to come back anytime they please to see their loved ones.

• That the United Nations works hand in hand with other African countries to set up an agency that will handle the affairs of all diasporas relocating to Africa.

Final Thought

Africans in the diaspora can play a considerable role when relocated to Africa. They are the perfect tool for innovations and development in the continent. If the United Nations drop the perception they have of Africans and come to terms with the fact that they deserve more than what has been dished out to them so far, the world would be a better place.

The first step to help the diaspora will be creating social entrepreneurship investment in the country, such as institutions, industries, companies in Africa. It will create jobs for Africans in the diaspora relocating to Africa, thereby boosting the African economy.

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11 Jul

The Importance of Black People Marrying Between Themselves

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Marriage is a very sacred bond that its sanctity should be preserved, especially to people of culture. That isn’t always the case with most people living in the West. Growing up in Africa, we’ve always been told that a man should work hard to ensure that he takes care of and controls his family in a way that will promote togetherness and oneness.

Growing in an African family unit means that a man will take care of his family and make decisions directly affecting them. This belief has been imbibed into Africans before the slave trade and even up until now.

But black people in the West are not as inclined to get married as their white counterparts.

Let us examine why it’s so important that black people marry within their black community rather than pursuing interests within other communities.

Culture is Key

Black people always believed in the jumping the broom tradition when getting married. The broom is, first of all, waved over their heads to ward off evil spirits. Then, later on, both the bride and the groom will jump over the broom, symbolizing that they are ready to enter into their new lives as a family while the wife is ready to take on her husband’s courtyard as her new home.

Everything about marriage rites is traditional for a black man, and they are symbolic.

This is why black folks in the West that know their history attach much importance to encouraging their offspring to marry within the community so that their spouses will imbibe traditional African values in their children. This is not to say that white people do not believe in marriage. The only difference is in the cultural value attached to it.

Familiarity of Family Values

For black people who know their history, being in a family is all about tradition and the cultural practice of man being the breadwinner, and that takes care of his family.

This also means that a black man will get to run his family with the manner and discipline reminiscent of the black community. Therefore, well informed black families fear that intermarrying can alter that tradition, and their children will stop following that usual way of life.

Discipline and respect are always crucial for any black child that grows up within the black community. That same tradition has continued to be passed down to generations after generations of black children. Intermarriage might not eliminate that, but it will surely diminish it. This is why the black family unit is so vital to an average black man.

Matching Behavioral Patterns

When in a family, knowing how to behave, act and conduct is critical to any black family. There are certain behaviors that they may exhibit that an average native white man may not understand. For instance, a white man may not understand why African families insist that a husband is not just marrying a wife for himself alone but his whole family. That sense of togetherness may seem foreign for anyone outside the black community.

Blacks who appreciate their history, in every part of the globe, continue to prefer marriages within themselves to not persuade outside spouses to buy into their behavioral patterns without experiencing a culture shock. Maintaining the black family unit is a matter of continuity rather than nepotism or racism for an average black family.

Why Are Black Men More Inclined to Marry Non-Black Women?

As time passed, the inclination of the black man to marry within the black community has started to wane, and many more black men have begun courting the idea of marrying outside the community. This trend started gradually but has recently become a frequent occurrence in the West. The reasons behind these can only be said to be one of those that we will explain below:

The impression that black women are vindictive and uncouth: Many times, some black men have thought that black women are unreasonable and unnecessarily strong-headed. This has been a demonization agenda that black women have been suffering that discourages young black men from marrying within the black community.
Another reason is that most young men nowadays feel like marrying non-blacks will make them more accepted by the West. Often, this tactic has worked for some, and this has encouraged even more black men to pursue love interests and marriages outside the community.
There are instances that young black men in career modes choose to marry outside their social status to get promotions at work. They see this as a means of battling systemic racism. Unfortunately, this is influenced heavily by the West.
Other factors may be socially and politically influenced because we’ve seen cases where blacks marry outside the black community to climb the social class in the society. This is sad but, unfortunately, true.

Ulterior Motives Behind Non-Black Women Marrying Black Men

The spike in the preference for black men for marriages in some white circles has left people wondering whether there is an ulterior motive by the white person, which may or may not be true since there are cases where mixed marriages between blacks and non-blacks have gone on to be successful. Therefore, to fully understand why some white ladies prefer black men, it is wise to observe what they deem worthy in them before deciding to settle down with them.

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5 Jul

Why The West Sells Lies About Africa

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The Hidden Truth About African Civilization

From their early days, young Africans learn false information about their origin and ancestry from schools. A history was carefully thought out, planned, written down, and incorporated into the entire educational system in different parts of the world to give a false perception of Africa and what it stands for.

This history has passed from generation to generation, and many Africans, both at home and in the diaspora, have grown to see Africa with the eyes the white man wants them to see it. As a way of partly addressing this issue, this article will reveal some of the lies fed to Africans and the truth that they do not want you to know.

What Led to African Colonization

Within the 15th and 16th centuries, Rome was the dominating power in the Western world known today as Europe. To show their superiority, they subdued and ill-treated surrounding European countries and referred to them as Barbarians. The dehumanizing way of life which the Romans subjected these countries to made them look for ways to survive.

Queens, kings, and leaders of European nations suffering from starvation, inadequate natural resources, and even dying from diseases started to seek solutions and means of survival. It was on this occasion that they sent off mercenaries, who they refer to as explorers. They included Christopher Columbus, Vasco da Gama, David Livingston, Ferdinand Magellan, Mungo Park, Niccolo de Conti, to mention but a few. These men, referred to as the founders of certain places in Africa, were sent to exploit the African nation.

To establish their superiority, they borrowed the practice of the Romans and meted out similar inhuman treatments on Africans. Some of them, like Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, in a bid to prove their superiority described Africans as people who are underdeveloped, devoid of morality, religion, and political Constitution. A look at the culture and way of life of the African people from an unbiased perspective would reveal that his statement is untrue.

These men successfully colonized Africa by first colonizing the minds of some of the people and then selling their culture, beliefs, and way of life to Africans. They equated humanity to being

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