Krista Johnson is an Associate Professor and Director of the Center for African Studies at Howard University. The elevation of the African diaspora as a tool of soft power in U.S.-Africa policy is ...

Rostam does not sleep through the night anymore. At 2 a.m., when his phone buzzes, he's awake before the sound finishes. It ...

This article highlights important dynamics often ignored in conceptualizing diaspora. Many immigrants’ attachment to their country of origin is symbolic or emotional. Others have a more practical, ...

During the Marcos years—because of severe economic depression, lack of job opportunities and political oppression—thousands of Filipinos desperately seeking better lives for themselves and their ...

Tonight the Empire State Building in New York will be lit up in blue and white, the colours of the Saltire, and tomorrow I will join the annual Tartan Day parade down 6th Avenue. Did you know with a ...