LETTER TO THE DIASPORA

An Open Letter to African Immigrants On behalf of their Black American brothers and sisters. Dear brothers and sisters of the African diaspora in Atlanta, Houston, Chicago, New York, Toronto, London, Paris, Milan, Amsterdam and Lisbon, We who left Africa and made our lives abroad have built something real. We send money home every month. We raise children in two languages. We pay school fees for nieces we have never met and, in some cases, have never spoken to. By any measure we honour our families, and the record supports it — remittances to Africa passed a hundred billion dollars in 2025 and...