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Diaspora Spotlight

"A mass kidnapping is in many ways a more terrifying statement than the mass murder of innocent civilians by bombs, because however horrible, an explosion is a finite event. There is a before and an after, during which those who remain are permitted to literally pick up the pieces and reconstruct a new understanding of the world.

Kidnapping causes a long-term rupture in the psyche of those kidnapped and of those who wait for their return. It doesn’t end. A person who has been taken is not there, but there is no body to inter for closure, no body on which to build memory...." Uzodinma Iweala - Editor,

Ventures Africa Magazine.

Diaspora is a Greek word meaning “dispersal.”

In 2005 the African Union Commission (AUC) adopted the definition of African diaspora as “[consisting] of peoples of African origin living outside the continent, irrespective of their citizenship and nationality and who are willing to contribute to the development of the continent and building of the African Union.”

"The global African diaspora community is part of the broader African population and Africa cannot be whole again or achieve its development objective except through a process that enables the integration of its Diaspora and permits their wholesome and active participation in the process of African reconstruction and development. “ - Dr. Jinmi Adisa, African Union Commission

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African Diaspora Youth Network is a global leadership development organization for secondary and post-secondary students whose families are part of the African diaspora. ADYN develops young leaders who, through rigorous year-round learning and mentoring, are prepared for success in higher education and the 21st century global economy.