In German. Site for the print magazine. Articles on Africa and the African diaspora in German-speaking Europe. Table of contents, some full text articles & interviews. Africa events in Europe. [KF] http://www.africa-positive.de.
Information on the movement to obtain reparations for the enslavement and colonisation of African people in Africa and the African Diaspora. Also to secure the return of African artefacts taken from Africa. Includes paper by Chinweizu on "Reparations and a New Global Order", speech by British Prime Minister William Gladstone in 1871 on looted Ethiopian artefacts, a discussion list, ARM Talk, and a chronology of slavery. [KF] http://the.arc.co.uk/arm/home.html
Non-profit in the Benelux area engaged in "advocacy actitivies in Europe and capacity building activities for Africa." Holds conference / workshops, an annual Diaspora investment and skills transfer forum, African diaspora news, has a database of professionals of the African diaspora in the Benelux area, publishes AFAX News (for members). Based in Brussels, Belgium. [KF] http://www.africanaxis.org
Supports "the African diaspora in the UK to contribute to wealth and job creation in Africa." Has a report, A Survey of African Organisations in London - an agenda for AFFORD's action (in pdf) and other full text reports (What can the African diaspora do to challenge distorted media perceptions about Africa? In PDF). Has Factsheets (on fundraising, etc.) Based in London. [KF] http://www.afford-uk.org/
"AfroNeth was set up in February 2003. It encourages Africans living in the Netherlands to contribute to the development of Africa." Works with African Diaspora groups. Program to make advice by young intellectual Africans in the Netherlands available to NGO’s, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, corporations and other stakeholders. The AfroNeth Foundation is based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. http://www.afroneth.nl
"l'ACBF rassemble en France la communauté des villages du Bamboutos, département de l'ouest du Cameroun." Includes photographs of Bambouto chiefs. http://acbf.africa-web.org/
"African-born immigrants in Britain are doing better economically than many other migrants, a major new survey shows." The survey was published by the Institute for Public Policy Research http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4222812.stm
See also
BBC - Born Abroad: "An immigration map of Britain." Includes statistics on geographic distribution of immigrants from different areas, the economic success of immigrants. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/uk/05/born_abroad/html/overview.stm
Listen to music 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
No music downloads allowed. Founded by David Oduki. Based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. http://www.blackfm.com
April 21-22, 2006 Symposium Sponsored by The Center for African American History The Department of African American Studies, Department of History at Northwestern University, Office of the Provost, Institute for Diaspora Studies, The Graduate School, The Center for International and Comparative Studies, and Program of African Studies. http://www.cas.northwestern.edu/afam/blkeurope/index.htm
Current news and analysis / commentary. "changezimbabwe.com stands for a wider perspective on Zimbabwe news,
in-depth analysis of the week's news, daily breaking stories and deeper
discussion on the agenda for change." Events in the U.K. How the diaspora can rebuild Zimbabwe. http://www.changezimbabwe.com
Mainly in German. Extensive directory of the African diaspora - people, organizations in Europe. Manages the Black German Yellow Pages. Founded the Black Media Network (BMN) with ISD Berlin e.V. "to address the misrepresentation of minorities in the media and the stereotypical use of images of people of African descent." Articles, in German, on the African diaspora in Germany. Its e-market promotes music and books. [KF] http://www.cyberNomads.net
In French. "FORUM DE LA DIASPORA POUR UNE MAURITANIE UNIE ET PROSPERE
- COALITION POUR LE CHANGEMENT (FDMUP/CC)." Discussion forum. http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/group/ForumDiaspora/messages
or http://www.ForumDiaspora.dr.ag
Mayor Ken Livingstone has published 'Delivering shared heritage', the first report from the Mayor's Commission on African and Asian Heritage (MCAAH). The report recommends "ways of recognizing and integrating the contribution of black and Asian minorities to the life, culture and history of the city." http://www.london.gov.uk/view_press_release.jsp?releaseid=5346
In French. Election site for the 2006 Benin Presidential candidacy of Adrien Houngbédji. Biography, candidate news, photographs, discussion forum, link to the candidate's blog, full text of the 1990 Constitution, bibliography of works on Benin, online polls, supporters in the Diaspora, information on voting for the Diaspora, articles from the Benin press. [KF] http://www.houngbedji2006.com
In French. Lobbies, in France, for the rights of immigrants, the people of Darfur (Sudan), against racism in soccer / football (see Droit de Vivre : 611 26/09/2005). Full text issues of its magazine, Droit de Vivre. http://www.licra.org/
Find the number of people born in Africa, regions of Africa, selected countries from 1995 to date. Also the number of asylum applications by nationality, by year and Acquisition of citizenship by country of former nationality, by year. The number, by state, of African-born populations. Facts about the foreign-born from each African country in each U.S. state. Essays (African Foreign Born in the United States, International Migration in Africa). Number of asylum applicants from individual African countries
to other countries (U.S., U.K. etc.). Number of asylum applicants in United States by individual countries of origin. Based in Washington, D.C. [KF] http://www.migrationinformation.org/
"People of African and Asian origin have lived in Britain for at least two thousand years. But this aspect of our heritage has been largely forgotten." "The word 'Black' is used here to denote people of African descent; 'Asian' to describe people of South Asian origin (from modern India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, the area that formed the British territory of India);..." History, paintings, photographs, bibliographies. Black Romans, Atlantic Slave Trade, Africa and the Caribbean, India. Music, Theatre, Literature. Historical tour of London, Bristol, Liverpool. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/blackhistory/
In French. The site is a network for the Niger diaspora worldwide. Members directory. Other diaspora sites (Nigeriens au Canada, in Morocco, in Egypt). Site maintained by Nigerians based in Brussels. [KF] http://www.nigerdiaspora.com/
"A non-profit, non-political and non-religious organization, an umbrella for unity and sharing." "a forum for social interaction amongst the Nigerians of Igbo extraction resident in Bonn area and its environs,..." Based in Bonn, Germany. http://www.nigeriaigbocongress.org
"The association uniquely evolved from a need and was birthed as a consequence of the peculiar hardships experienced by the 2004-2005
International Masters students of Chalmers’ University of Technology,
and Gothenburg University." Maintained by Fredrick Omorogbe. http://www.nsas.se
By Jean-Christophe Dumont and Georges Lemaitre. 2005. 44 p. in PDF. "The world map (see Map 1) presents ‘emigration rates’ of the highly skilled for all countries, with African countries standing out as those having particularly high ‘emigration rates’. Anglophone African countries as well as Portuguese-speaking countries (e.g. Mozambique and Angola, but also Cape Verde) record the highest brain drain rates." Includes statistics. [KF] http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/34/59/35043046.pdf
June 17, 2005 - "The Bishop of Birmingham, the Rt Rev John Sentamu, has become the Church of England's first black archbishop. The Ugandan-born cleric takes over as Archbishop of York..." This is the second-highest post in the Church of England. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/4102582.stm
October 5, 2005 confirmation: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/4300008.stm Archbishop of York Official Site: http://www.bishopthorpepalace.co.uk/archbishop.html Archbishop Sentamu's choice of music. "each week a guest [on BBC Radio 4] is invited by Sue Lawley to choose the eight records they would take with them to a desert island": http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/desertislanddiscs_20030622.shtml
In English and Swahili. "an independent private organisation that aims to provide information to the Tanzanian community in the UK." Directory of businesses in the U.K., news, discussion forums, commentary of religion, etc. Women's zone. Love corner. Maintained by Mr and Mrs Saidi Othman. [KF] http://www.tanzanianow.com/
Afro-Belgian writer of Nigerian origin. Her work, "The Secret", was on the shortlist for the 2004 Michael Caine Prize for African Writing. Unigwe's biography, bibliography of works, full text of selected short stories, poems, articles. http://users.skynet.be/chikaunigwe/en_main.html and http://www.chikaunigwe.com
Database of researchers and their topics. Has papers from the First International, Interdisciplinary Conference Nov. 2005 (110 p. in PDF). Free registration enables participation in discussion forums. "The Center will conduct empirical studies focused on the often neglected history and present of black people in Europe, and remains in close contact with the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, where another Center for Black European Studies is planned." Based at Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany. http://www.best.uni-mainz.de/modules/Informationen/index.php?id=13
Project to identify newspapers and periodicals outside of North America.
The project has a database of
titles including African titles published in Europe. Bibliography of print publications on the African Diaspora in Germany. [KF] http://mendota.english.wisc.edu/~danky/diaspora/index.html
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