We complete each other
Sometimes,
them of us done been deported on other continents – blame it on the
Transatlantic Trade - are better qualified to show the way to them done
remained due to the fact that their being abducted from the ancestral land,
their “orphan” status make their flame, their love for Africa, their wish for a
free Africa, a strong Africa, shining, a majestic and beautiful Africa is
sometimes more intense. The power of that love, the intensity of the inner vision
of a true
Let it
be reminded here that Sylvester Williams, W.E.B Dubois, Padmore, Firmin,
Blyden, Garvey, all them fathers of Panafricanism were Africans from the
diaspora. Besides, the abducted and enslaved Africans done achieved there in
the lands of captivity great accomplishments in science, arts, army, sports,
politics. For that reason too they are key-factors that can boost up their
boros and sisis in the motherland, motivate and convince them they do not have
to feel intimidated by any race.
It is equally true that them in the motherland can help their boros and sisis in the diaspora to retrieve their identity, to understand themselves better, to know themselves better, to know who they are and who they are not; they can help them find the source of the languages they done developed and a deeper understanding of them languages; they can help their families in the diaspora find the sources of the art forms they done created, thus offering the opportunity to practice them better.
Akan symbol of cooperation and interdependance