There are moments when being the owner of a struggling African agricultural startup can get overwhelming and it is all I can do to quit and run for the hills. Then there are the moments when…
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Vera at Africa on the Blog: If each one of us can take it upon themselves to try and offer long-term solutions to the problems we are presented with then I believe we will be well…
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Project UMPG: Creating sustainable jobs at the local level
January 9, 2014 Diaspora at work International Development ProjectsIt’s been a while since I updated everyone on how UMPG is doing. If you are new to this blog, see this post on what UMPG is. Basically, it’s my attempt to connect local farmers with…
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Loved this piece by Nanjala Nyabola for Al Jazeera. So when a foreign journalist enters a space in which he speaks the formal but only understands the informal, a great deal will necessarily be lost in…
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Africa’s Diaspora aren’t looking for jobs, they want to create them
November 8, 2013 Diaspora at workAmini Kajunju, President and CEO of the Africa-America Institute has an op-ed and interview on CNN about the potential of Africa’s Diaspora. Lastly, diasporans can bring their talent, energy, skills and technological know-how to furthering economic…
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Ann Daramola – An Open Letter To African Writers, Artists and Creators of the 21st Century: There is, however, a fundamental problem with striving to ‘rebrand Africa’. For the sake of this argument, in a contemporary context,…
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Spectra Speaks unloads on Mindy Budgor
September 14, 2013 Diaspora at work International Development WTF?Spectra at the Spectra Speaks blog went on a very effervescent rant yesterday over the whole Mindy Budgor debacle. I love this bit, because it resonates with my thinking on the topic of agency, cultural appropriation and…
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Join our African Diaspora Facebook discussion group
September 13, 2013 Diaspora at work International DevelopmentI opened up the African Diaspora Facebook discussion group almost 2 years ago. I suppose it was a precursor to my shuttering the Project Diaspora site and blog. I am a firm believer in taking the…
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I have a problem. I have no idea how to describe who I am. No, it’s not like I fell and hit my head and woke up to find out that I have no recollection of…
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An excellent example of African Agency in Eastern DRC
August 19, 2013 Diaspora at work International DevelopmentI’ve read so many African migrant stories that open very similar to this one. African migrant arrives in newly adopted country, penniless, but full of hopes and dreams for themselves and for the people back home.…
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