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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.

A Blueprint for Black Liberation

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). What was left when the commune of my youth became a luxury apartment building. By Dara Mathis, The Atlantic — In the commune...

Tyre Nichols: 5 Black Memphis Cops Arrested In Brutal Beating Death

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photo: Memphis Police Department Five Memphis officers have been charged in the brutal beating death of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols, who died on...

Third World Press recovering from flood damage

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Herb Boyd — Dr. Haki Madhubuti was devastated, overcome with tears, when he saw the photos of his flooded property. “I...

PM of Grenada and the Grenadines, Hon. Dickon Mitchell Will Speak at SOBWCV

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The Hon. Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell Will Deliver a Tribute to the Late Grenadian PM Maurice Bishop The Prime Minister of Grenada...

Florida teachers forced to remove or cover up books to avoid felony charges

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). State’s new bill goes into effect prohibiting material unless deemed appropriate by a librarian or ‘certified media specialist’. By Erum Salam, The...

Stop Normalizing Anti-Blackness

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Julianne Malveaux — Autumn Robeson Monahan is a 17-year-old Black girl attending high school in Slaton, Texas.  The senior, who transferred...

Sharpton: Firing Black Cops Who Killed Tyre Nichols “Not Enough”

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photo: YouTube New York, NY (Tuesday, January 24, 2023) – Rev. Al Sharpton, Founder and President of the National Action Network (NAN),...

Shaggy, Sting, To Headline Saint Lucia Jazz & Arts Festival

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photo: Saint Lucia Jazz & Arts Festival CASTRIES, SAINT LUCIA (January 25, 2023) - Renowned as the biggest and best music event...

Why the Dutch apology for slavery leaves a bitter taste in my mouth

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). An apology only counts when there is a genuine process of reparation and reform. The people of the Dutch Caribbean are...

Columbia University Names Nemat Shafik New President

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photo: Wikipedia Commons Nemat “Minouche” Shafik, a leading economist whose career has focused on public policy and academia, will become the 20th...

Documentary ‘Bill Russell: Legend’ To Be Released Feb. 8

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photo: Netflix Studio Asset Share The remarkable life and legacy of an NBA superstar and civil rights icon is captured in the...

The Fearmongering Divisive Rhetoric Regarding New York City’s Migrant Influx Is Solving Nothing

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photos: YouTube Screenshots When New York City Mayor Eric Adams proclaimed that arriving migrants would “destroy” the city, my heart sank. Here...

Haitian-American leaders call on Biden to dump Ariel Henry

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Rafael Bernal, The Hill — A group of Haitian-American elected officials is calling on President Biden to withdraw support for a Kenya-led peacekeeping...

U.S. House Passes 45-Day Funding Bill To Temporarily Avoid Government Shutdown

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photos: YouTube Screenshots WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) issued the following statement regarding his vote in favor of a short–term government...