It's so important that we, as people of African heritage, share information and communicate with one another. Whether we live in the UK, the U.S.A., Africa, the Caribbean or anywhere in the world, we share common experiences.
I just came across this article. A young student was banned from giving a speech about how the Eurocentic curriculum in his school had damaged him and other Black students: http://www.frostillustrated.com/full.php?sid=1265
Although this happened in the States, it could easily have happened here in Britain and it affects all of us in the Diaspora.
I also just found this link: Basic Black Griot, A Conversation with [the playwright] Wole Soyinka.
The page asks: How would you describe the relationship between Africans and African Americans? Should there be a relationship between the two cultures or is that a “feel-good” sensibility that has no basis in fact?
Check it out and leave your comments.
In my work, I make no bones. I publish work from the UK, the U.S.A., African, the Caribbean and everywhere else there are African people. We did not stop being Africans when they put us into the slave ships.
We must keep dialoguing and communicating with each other. This is vital in order for all of us to survive and thrive.
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