It Matters How We Define the African Diaspora CFR_Africa: Africa
, with important domestic and international consequences. U.S. policymakers and the African diasporan constituency would do well to think through the implications of the new U.S. strategy towards Africa and its impact on relationships within the diaspora.Historically Black Colleges and Universities Africa Correspondents Corps
who reported during the summit on the conflicting definitions and understandings of the African diaspora. While government officials gave an expansive and cohesive definition of diaspora on the record, by the end of the summit some Africanist scholars observed a distinction being made between the"old" and"new" diaspora. In fact, the U.S.
The unleashed tensions within the African diaspora could undo some of the important gains achieved through intra-racial alliances, for example around
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