Join us in commemorating the 61st observation of Africa Day with U.S. Africa Diaspora Summit.
Each year, bright, optimistic Africans leave home to earn an education or seek a better economic life abroad for themselves and their families. With fewer opportunities in their home country, many never return home. Globally, Africans in the diaspora are spread out …
UBUNTU DINNER: Rekindling Our Bonds And Forging Connections Among The African Diaspora
We are descendants of the Africans…our heritage is Africa. We should never seek to break the ties, nor should the Africans. Africans and African-Americans must rekindle the spirit of collaboration and cooperation which existed among Black nationalists over half a century ago …
President Biden Announces the Inaugural Members of the President’s Advisory Council on African Diaspora Engagement in the United States
President Biden is announcing the inaugural members of the President’s Advisory Council on African Diaspora Engagement in the United States. The establishment of this Council was a significant commitment announced by Vice President Harris on behalf of the Biden-Harris Administration during the …
AfroSOUNDS + WOMEN IN MUSIC
This month, #AfroSOUNDS return to SAID. Join us in celebrating Women’s History Month and shares the voice and power of women in music. We’ll honor not only the historic female voices of the past who developed Afropop, world music,jazz, pop, blues —figures …
The African Music To The World: The birth, rise, sounds of Afrobeats and Amapiano
Brand South Africa, in collaboration with SOCIETY FOR AFRICANS IN THE DIASPORA participate at AFRICAN MUSIC TO THE WORLD: The Birth, Rise & Sounds of Afrobeats & Amapiano was held in New York City on February 24th 2023, using artists and unique …
African Diaspora Awards Commemorative Magazine Announcement: Collector’s Edition.
As we look forward to this year’s ADA, we can hardly believe how far we’ve come, as a Diaspora and as an organization. ADA 2022, as we commemorate our tenth-plus anniversary (started in 2020), promises to be a reunion of rejuvenated, emboldened …
Shared Journey: Interview with Raqib Bashorun By Uche James Iroha
Uche James Iroha Houston Texas. January 2022 “Studies show that identification with all humanity is more than an absence of ethnocentrism and its correlates more than the presence of dispositional empathy, moral reasoning, moral identity, and the value of universalism” – S. …
For Black women, the 19th Amendment didn’t end their fight to vote.
A noted historian examines two myths about what the 19th Amendment did—and didn’t—do for women in 1920. When it comes to the story of women’s suffrage and the 19th Amendment, two competing myths dominate. The first is that when the amendment became …
AGING GRATEFULLY
I would like to thank you for your positive response to the newsletter announcement and your continued support of our transition from Applause Africa to SAiD (Society for Africans in Diaspora– Formerly “Applause Africa”.) I spent the past few months reflecting on …
Becoming Water: Qualities for Impact in the Age of Wakanda
Every year on the heels of World Water Day, Africa’s leading change agents, influencers, entrepreneurs, investors, philanthropists, and professionals gather to highlight FACE Africa’s vision to build water wells in Liberia and to raise money to support their effort. One year after …