Africa & African Diaspora Conference Rewrites 'Old Narrative' to Move Forward: Participants Comment on Johannesburg Event
Africa & African Diaspora Conference Rewrites 'Old Narrative' to Move Forward: Participants Comment on Johannesburg Event
The conference is set to "formulate paths and actions forward in order to enhance the life" of Africans and African diaspora, Lydia Neshangwe, president of the All Africa Conference of Churches, told Sputnik Africa on the sidelines of the event.
According to Neshangwe, the conference will focus on:
🟠Fellowship: uniting Africans and the diaspora under the "Returning Back Home" theme;
🟠Enriching conversations: turning talk into action;
🟠Discernment: reading "the signs of the times" to find ways to make a difference.
Centering the narrative "around women of Africa and of African descent," the first day of the conference recognized women's leading role in agriculture and building up the economic engine, Reverend Angelique Walker Smith explained to Sputnik Africa.
"We know that it is women who primarily work in the agricultural space, but there needs to be [...] the recognition of women leading in the agriculture space."
ℹ The Africa and African Diaspora Conference—running October 26-30—explores how Africa can become a global influence through economic growth, partnerships, investment, and trade.
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