Doing Money Differently: An AiD perspective on philanthropy

Building pan-African solidarity, must go much further than funds. The skills, brilliance and experience of Africans on the continent and in the diaspora is what is critical to AiD and making this model and this network work. It is our alignment and our mutual visioning for a world beyond capital that will take this project much further than any capital it accrues.

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Why Africans in the Diaspora?

Africans in the Diaspora was born in 2012 with a clear vision for a self-reliant Africa with a commitment to African-owned, -driven, and -led transformative change. AiD’s rebirth eight years on follows in these same footsteps, with a vision that speaks to the landscape we find ourselves in today.

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Welcoming me, welcoming you

If you’ve already had a chance to flick through our website you’ll already have learnt a little about Africans in the Diaspora (AiD). A home to Africans on the continent and in the diaspora who want to stay connected and in solidarity with Africans on the frontline of our struggles for climate justice, food sovereignty and flourishing alternative economies.

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Won’t You Celebrate With Me?

The stories of the 13 farmers take us from resisting life under apartheid in South Africa, to the liberation movement in Zimbabwe, to migration through different parts of Ethiopia, to stories of building a movement of women farmers in West Africa all through the lens of each farmer’s fight for food sovereignty, for agroecology, in defense of life, land, and territory.

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