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 ...

Beyond the broad categorizations of the African diaspora and rhetorical questions posed by Dele Fatunla in his blog post, "What's Diaspora Got To Do With It?", he raises an important and timely ...

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, ...

Rostam does not sleep through the night anymore. At 2 a.m., when his phone buzzes, he’s awake before the sound finishes. It might be his parents calling from Tehran, on a connection that is unreliable ...