[LINK] Two African Migration Notes

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• The widely distributed article "Africans risk all to breach fortress Europe" examines the phenomenon of West African immigration to western Europe, particularly from Senegal. Senegal's interior minister recently estimated that two or three million Senegalese live outside their country, itself home to ten million people. The funds acquired through

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[kinkisharyo]

You've just pointed out a big difference between Caribbean and African-Americans. Most Caribbeans still have a link to their home nations, and thanks to jet travel, "back" home is within 3-8 hours away. I can go back home to my family's home town or to my father's former plantation and see a legacy that's been left behind, and I can still find people who remember my parents and grandparents. There are cultural traditions, a language, and such that we share.

In contrast, my nephew's (African-American) family doesn't have any link like that to anywhere.