African Diaspora Leaders

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.

Trump Just Made Criminal History

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The committee investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol recommended Donald Trump be charged with multiple crimes. By Greg Walters, VICE...

Wayne State University receives $6M grant to increase Black Studies faculty

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Wayne State University — The Mellon Foundation awarded a $6 million grant to Wayne State University to launch a cluster hire...

Europe scrambles for gas in Africa despite climate concerns

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). War in Ukraine has forced Europe to seek out fossil fuels in Africa. But the economic benefits for Africans are questionable...

Statement by Dr. Ron Daniels on President Biden’s apology for American slavery

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqROLi8q7G0 Statement by Dr. Ron Daniels, Convenor of the National African American Reparations Commission (NAARC), on President Biden’s Apology for American Slavery. The...

St. Louis mayor appoints commission to consider reparations

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones is appointing a reparations commission that will “recommend a proposal to begin repairing the harms that...

NYC Mayor Adams backs renewed push for reparations bill in Albany

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Adams’ comments come amid a renewed push for legislation that would create a reparations study commission in the Empire State, similar...

Can Washington Give African Leaders What They Want?

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). A summit offers the Biden administration a chance to compete with rivals, while testing its commitment to democratic values. By Nosmot Gbadamosi,...

Cryptocurrency was always a scam — powered by white male privilege

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Amanda Marcotteand, Salon — After the dramatic arrest of former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried in Bermuda on Monday night, the Department...

Journées des sciences et de l’innovation de l’université  d’Abomey-Calavi : Appel à manifestation d’ Intérêt

Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). Journées des sciences et de l’innovation de l’université  d’Abomey-Calavi : Appel à manifestation d’ Intérêt du 20 22 décembre...

Ghana’s president urges Africa to stop ‘begging’

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By BBC News — Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo has said that African countries must wean themselves off “begging” the West to earn...

Black male teachers can make a big difference in the lives of their students...

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Statewide, just 1 percent of public school teachers are Black men. Even in Boston, which has the highest number of Black...

A Central Park entrance to be named for the exonerated ‘Central Park Five’

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Nicki Brown, CNN — An entrance to Central Park will be named the “Gate of the Exonerated” to honor the group...

The Pentagon Budget Normalizes War

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The never-questioned trillion-dollar budget that Congress tosses at the Pentagon every year normalizes war. Where is our peace budget? By Robert Koehlerdec,...

Biden to unveil council on African diaspora in United States

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Jeff Mason and Daphne Psaledakis, Reuters — U.S. President Joe Biden will announce on Tuesday the establishment of an advisory council...

U.S. Pledging $55 Billion to Africa

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The United States will commit $55 billion to Africa over the next three years as President Joe Biden prepares to host...

Wilmington City Council has named a task force to consider reparations

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The group will make recommendations on compensation for institutional discrimination against African Americans by mid-2023. By Mark Eichmann, WHYY — Citing systemic racial...

How 2 Southern cities face their past

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Scott Neuman, NPR — Shortly after going to work for the Tulsa Historical Society in 2001, Michelle Place recalls historian Richard...

Black Americans still face challenges chasing homeownership

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Black homeownership is often caught up in the institutional failures of the past and the continued transgressions today. By Ronda Lee, Yahoo!...

In Africa, China is building influence, brick by brick

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). New headquarters for West African regional bloc is Beijing’s latest multimillion dollar ‘gift’ in decades of diplomatic outreach. The structures are...

Karen Bass takes over a Los Angeles divided by crisis

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The longtime House member becomes mayor as the city faces a siege of homelessness and violent crime that prior leaders have...

A Look at What California Has Done So Far About Reparations

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill in 2020 to create a statewide panel to study reparations for Black Californians. By Kurtis Lee,...

Betty Shabazz International Charter Schools Co-Founder appointed to the US National Board for Education...

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). On October 27, 2022, President Biden appointed BSICS Co-Founder and Board Chair, Dr. Carol D. Lee (Mama Safisha) to the U.S....

MAGA Is Eating Itself After GOP’s Midterm Disaster

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). We are starting to see evidence that those on the far right are jockeying for position in a potential post-Trump world. By...

MAGA Is Eating Itself After GOP’s Midterm Disaster

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). We are starting to see evidence that those on the far right are jockeying for position in a potential post-Trump world. By...