diaspora

  1. The Odum of Ala Igbo

    Time to End the Africa-Diaspora Wars...

    Have you seen how cacs form like Voltron over South Africa? We have to as well. I’m proposing these ground rules: 1) No slurs like Akata, Afric00n, Negropean, Dominic00n or Afric00n-Americ00n etc. allowed. 2) Avoid generalizing entire ethnic groups of black peoples. 3) Recognize that in every...
  2. MischievousMonkey

    Advise Media Show: What an African American learns from his first travel in Africa (no diaspora war)

    Listen to the first seconds and you already know :mjlol: Another one :ufdup: And don't yall turn this into a diaspora conflict :stopitslime:
  3. S

    My 1st generation brehs. Can you relate to this?

    even 2nd generations. :russ::russ::russ: I still go through this even to this day :snoop: But this video is hilarious. :damn:
  4. Lýba'rhaésheýun

    What Are The Best Styles In The Global Black Diaspora?

    Coolest Hair Styles, Jewelry, Clothing Designs Ect... I was Looking Through Some Ethiopian Female Pictures And Was like... Man They Fresh :ehh: And Phine Too :Mightymos: What Would You Consider The Best Styles out The Black Diaspora?
  5. ba'al

    Ghana leaders apologize to the Caribbean and the diaspora for selling us into slavery.

    Saw this on facebook wanted to share with ya'll. Attached a youtube clip for ya'll who have problems with facebook videos on here.
  6. JahFocus CS

    Venezuela First to Join Caricom Fight for Slavery Reparations

  7. F

    Biracial actress Amandla Stenberg on dropping out of Black Panther, believed she wasn't black enough

    Amandla Stenberg revealed she turned down Black Panther because she was aware of how her lighter complexion may have been perceived. In a conversation at the TIFF Next Wave Festival, the 19-year-old explained why she walked away from the Ryan Coogler directed box office hit “One of the most...
  8. Luken

    The Official Coli Immigrant Thread

    a nice space for coli immigrants far and wide to discuss their success as well as their failures after leaving their homeland for new lands and waters. family came from Syria (dad) to Jamaica(mom) to England(where my journey starts) to permanently settling in Canada (Toronto).
  9. ATownD19

    A Question for #AAGang

    Not a bait thread. Just wanna know which you identify with more. :yeshrug:
  10. M

    With Nigeria's demise imminent, which SSA country has the chance to reach superpower status?

    :jbhmm: A lot of people would say South Africa but black people are still second-class citizens over there Ethiopia is having major internal issues between different ethnic groups and isn't that resource rich anyway DR Congo might be pound for pound the most resource rich country on the...
  11. get these nets

    origin of conflict among Black diaspora

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  12. Free White & 21

    "Africa is a c00n continent!" - TBA :whew:

    A UK breh called in to discuss business opportunities in Gambia. He mentioned the president lying about oil reserves (too corrupt) and told a story about africans letting Indians cut them in line at the bank (being p*ssy). Shortly after that he went in :wow: Starts at 33 min No lies...
  13. B

    Afro-Atlantic 001: Cuba and Yoruba

    I would like to introduce a new series to The Root that highlights connections between Africa and its diaspora in the so called New World. I will try to focus on connections between specific ethnic groups in Africa as we know that most of the nations of present day Africa have European made...
  14. Luken

    Masturbation was never really a black thing.

    if you really think about it, in any black community/diaspora, its usually looked down upon its really the 80's babies and up that started the jacking off shyt.
  15. The Odum of Ala Igbo

    The Toussaint-Garvey-Nkrumah Institute

    Hello everyone, For the past few days, I have discussed the creation of a 'think tank' on the Coli. Specifically, in the Root. I've come across so many posts which have great ideas for uplifting Africa and the global Black diaspora as a whole. This thread, perhaps can be a place where we post...
  16. Guvnor

    The African Traditional And Diasporic Religions Thread (Santeria, IFA, 21 Divisions, Sanse + etc)

    Anybody here into this kind of topic, if so let's build! I myself am interested in Santeria or Regla De Ocha though I am not an initiate at all to keep it real and grew up in a family with a Christian background. With that said, I really would like to hear everyone's experience with this kind...
  17. The Odum of Ala Igbo

    The Political Mobilization of Afro-descendants in the Netherlands

    With The Far-Right Rising, Dutch Create Their Own Parties For Immigrants As anti-immigrant sentiment rises in the the Netherlands, Dutch television and radio personality Sylvana Simons will be running for a parliamentary seat to help represent immigrants and minorities. Robin van...
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