Amid Jamaica’s lush beaches and reggae rhythms my fight for survival began. I mourn the home I never had, the safe childhood, and the love without condition. But I also honor the strength my experiences forged within me. What happens when home…
Today: June 28, 2025
Diaspora Voices
A collection of reflections from individuals across the African Diaspora sharing insights into their lived experience, personal perspective, or scholarly research. These voices express our humanity and address topics that matter to the community including health, culture, religion/spirituality, history, identity, and social justice.
By Geneva Greene and Cameron Poles Drums sounded throughout the Go-Go Museum in Washington, DC as bands Colombia Negra and Black Alley conversed in a rhythmic, diaspora dialogue through Colombian and Go-Go music. The cultural exchange, held in celebration of Afro-Colombian Week…
There is a rising wave of liberation among people of African descent around the world. From the streets of Burkina Faso’s capital, Ouagadougou, to the convention halls of Hobart Tasmania, where the Australia Afropreneur Summit will convene on June 14, 2025, we…
“Emancipate yourself from mental slavery. None but ourselves can free our minds.”— Bob Marley Across continents, generations, and cultures, people of African descent share a struggle that transcends geography. In the face of persistent global inequities—marked by war, economic instability, and cultural…
Did you know that only 5 percent of American students who study abroad are Black? This startling statistic from the U.S. State Department highlights a glaring inequity in global education—one that leaves countless Black youth without the opportunity to connect with the…
By Emilie-Andrée Roumer Jabouin September 1964, my grandfather witnessed the massacres inflicted by the Tontons Macoutes militia in Jérémie, Haïti. The violent trauma impacted my family for years to come. When the Festival Quatre Chemins invited me to participate in a two-month…
By Geneva Greene and Mariana do Berimbau Memories of music traveled with my ancestors across the rugged seas from Africa to Brazil. The sound and instrument designs imprinted in their minds with images of freedom and family. I imagine that the memories…
During the month of November, culminating on November 19, the towns of Dangriga and Punta Gorda in Belize come alive with festivities to commemorate the arrival of the Garifuna people from Yurumein (St. Vincent and the Grenadines). For anyone visiting southern Belize…
By Dr. Kimberly F. Monroe From their epic losses spring the fruits of a solidarity that binds us,Human to human,Oppressed to oppressed “What is Palestine to the US?” by Mumia Abu Jamal “My sisters, you are so beautiful,” Ali Mohamed Jeddha greeted…
By Christopher Newman I am what God is And since God is African I am African. (“I am African” a haiku) As a doctoral student in the History Department at Howard University, I am often asked about my research, my area of…
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