Diaspora Debate will be a forum for exciting, informed and vigorous debate and comment on the issues engaging the African Diaspora in the United Kingdom and beyond. We will be hosting articles, book reviews and commentary that reflect the vibrancy of the contemporary African Diaspora and its impact on the world

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February 13, 2012

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I haven’t read the NEXT article mentioned in the previous post on this, but far worse things than that particular ex-diaspora, former multilateral director minister have floated to the top of the cesspit of Nigerian politics; yet diaspora returnees are

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January 25, 2012

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To the question in this blog’s inviting post “What’s Diaspora got to do with it?”[1] I offer one answer– “social capital”. The World Bank defines ‘social capital’ as “the norms and networks that enable collective action” and states “increasing evidence

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January 12, 2012

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Beyond the broad categorizations of the African diaspora and rhetorical questions posed by Dele Fatunla in his blog post, “What’s Diaspora Got To Do With It?”, he raises an important and timely question about what role the African diaspora plays

Read the rest of Defining the diaspora’s role and potential with Africa (a response to ‘What’s diaspora got to do with it?’) – By Semhar Araia »

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January 10, 2012

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It’s fast becoming commonplace to say Africa is experiencing a renaissance. Many of its countries, once bywords for hopeless basket cases, have made a sharp turn away from skid row onto Prosperity Avenue, their booming economies, growing populations and returning

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December 5, 2011

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Diaspora Debate is the newest blog on African Arguments Online, hosted by the Royal African Society and the Social Science Research Council. Diaspora Debate will be a forum for exciting, informed and vigorous debate and comment on the issues engaging the African Diaspora

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