The Diasporan Perspective

The Diasporan Perspective

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."

Martin Luther King Jr

State Department's Acting Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Troy Fitrell lays out a six-point trade engagement plan with the continent.

FREEDOM, INDEPENDENCE, EQUALITY ARE JUST EMPTY WORDS.

Africa's Defiant Dawn: Sovereignty, Sankara, and the West's Fear of Freedom

When U.S. General Michael Langley labels Burkina Faso's Captain Ibrahim Traore a "threat," we must ask: A threat to whom? Not to the Burkinabe people, who rally behind his leadership.

Reflections on the Biden Administration's Strategy Towards Sub-Saharan Africa. Author Judd Devenport.

WHY AFRICA WAITS WHILE ASIA BUILDS: A Hard Look at Kenya.

I met with Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi and President William Ruto in Nairobi. They spoke with energy about Kenya's future investment, infrastructure, and public housing. But behind the polished language was a painful truth: there is no serious execution culture. Kenya's real problem is not a lack of money or talent. It's the absence of long-term vision and the dominance of short-term gain.

An Emboldened BRICS+ in the Era of Trump.

For more than a decade, the BRICS group muddled around with a seeming lack of purpose, producing little in the way of tangible outcomes. But Donald Trump may be just the thing this once aimless coalition needed.

Africa Will Not Be Lectured: A Pan-African Response to U.S. Hypocrisy on Captain Traore

The United States' recent attempts to critique Burkina Faso's Captain Ibrahim Traore reveal a long-standing pattern of hypocrisy, paternalism, and imperialistic tendencies. By questioning the leadership of Traore, an African leader heralded for his efforts to reassert sovereignty and challenge Western dominance, the U.S. exposes its double standards on democracy, human rights, and governance.