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News that highlights the lives, visions, achievements, policies, and strategies of exceptional contemporary African Diaspora leaders across the globe in order to motivate, challenge, and encourage current and future generations of people of African descent to take initiative and offers guidance to those interested in Africa’s development.

Dr. E. Faye Williams to be crowned Queen Mother in Accra, Ghana

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). A Global Visionary Honored for a Lifetime of Service, Leadership, and Love for Humanity — Accra, Ghana November 23, 2025 In a...

Dr. Benjamin Chavis Celebrated as ‘Father of the Environmental Justice movement’

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). “Don’t cop out, cop in,” Chavis calls for activists to use their power at the upcoming United Nations COP30 conference. By Siena...

Samia Suluhu Must Act Now to Heal Tanzania’s Political Crisis

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJGnfzghnR0 Video Description Prof PLO Lumumba message to Samia Suluhu Hassan is very clear we wish Tanzania well but we are bold enough...

A Conversation with Marc Morial, CEO, National Urban League

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Dr. Ron Daniels aka The Professor, is joined by special guest Marc Morial, President/CEO, National Urban League.  Topics: State of Emergency...

The Politics of Fear and Mislabeling

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — Now that Zohran Mamdani is the Mayor-elect of New York City, expect the slings and arrows at...

Good News in Gary and Pittsburgh — But Still America Declines

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Ben Jealous —  Thirty miles south of Chicago, the Gary Works steel mill is getting a $14 billion modernization, protecting tens...

Congressman Jonathan L. Jackson Calls for Peace and Humanitarian Support in Nigeria — Opposes...

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Jonathan L. Jackson (IL-1) today released the following statement in response to President Donald Trump’s recent threat...

Freedom, Justice, Peace and Shared Good Everywhere

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Dr. Maulana Karenga — Certainly, I’m aware that by the time this column is read, the election results will be in...

Dangote becomes Africa’s first person worth $30 billion

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Source: Business Insider Africa — Aliko Dangote has made history by becoming the first African to reach a net worth of $30...

What America Loses in a Shutdown

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — For millions of Americans, the federal government isn’t an abstraction. It’s a paycheck, a housing voucher, a...

Endorsing Harris Was Dick Cheney’s Finest Hour

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — Dick Cheney, who died this week at age 83, was one of the most powerful and controversial...

Why Family Values Require Family Wages

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). MAGA voters and Democrats alike know workers need $25 an hour. Acting on that consensus is how we save American families. By...

Reaffirming Reality in Righteous Resistance

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Dr. Maulana Karenga — This is a sankofa reminder that we must constantly lift up the light that lasts and drive...

What 400 Years of Family History Teaches About This American Moment

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Ben Jealous —  We just fell back. The season of darkness is coming on. But this year, more than any I...

Rediscovery of African American burial grounds provides long-overdue opportunities for collective healing

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Joanna Gilmore, The Conversation — In the course of construction work in 2013, the remains of 36 individuals of African descent were...

MAGA white America would rather dump acid in the swimming pool than share it...

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By David A. Love, JD — Welcome to the MAGA era of white grievance under Trump, a desire to return to the...

BLM Grassroots Statement on the DOJ’s Reported Investigation into BLM Global Network Foundation

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Black Lives Matter Grassroots is unaffiliated with the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation which is reportedly under investigation by the...

Open Forum — To Vote or Not to Vote? (Nov. 3rd Election Eve Edition)

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Dr. Ron Daniels aka The Professor opens the phone lines for an open forum discussion on the question, “To Vote or...

Why Mamdani Needs a Black Agenda

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Vantage Point VignetteComments and Commentary by Dr. Ron Daniels Sunday September 28th I was delighted to attend the massive Zohran Mamdani Get...

Reparations Now! – Oct 29, 2025

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Reparations Now! Holding Candidates Accountable With New York State having a Community Commission on Reparations, we are the closest we have ever...

in Senegal very few planted areas show progress

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Annah Lake Zhu and Amadou Ndiaye, The Conversation — Africa’s Great Green Wall project began as an ambitious plan to build...

Coral reefs are dying—We’ve Crossed the First Tipping Point. All of America Will Pay...

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Ben Jealous —  My parents’ marriage was against the law in Maryland in 1966, so they moved west. By the time...

The Genius of Rev. Jesse L. Jackson — Legacy and Lessons from the 1984...

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). A Special Two-Hour Edition of Vantage PointMonday, October 20, 2025, from 3–5 PM ET Dr. Ron Daniels, “The Professor,” hosts a special...

OWORAC statement for the 5th Africa Week of Action against water privatisation

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Public water for climate resilience Today, civil society organisations, community networks, youth groups, trade unions and grassroots movements across Africa converge to...