¿Por qué algunos afro-americanos no van a África…
African American hip hop Nas, respondió a una pregunta en 2008: ¿Por qué no afroamericana artista de Hip-hop realizar en África. Su respuesta es que todos tenemos que prestar mucha atención a fin de avanzar hacia delante y unidos.
“Vamos a ir directamente a lo. La gente tiene miedo, there’s horror stories about Africa that is out of the world…hay historias de horror que la gente miedo de ir a África antes de hip-hop fue de alrededor de”, Al.
¿Este estigma del miedo de ir a África todavía existen entre muchos afroamericanos y la diáspora africana?
There was a time when we all believed almost everything we heard through the media. We can agree that the old media such as newspaper and TV played a major role in polluting our minds with stereotypes and fear that has separated us for years. Sin embargo, con la existencia de plataformas de medios sociales como Facebook y YouTube, one can only make an assumption that the fear and negative perception that has kept many African-Americans from going to Africa would have been reduced by far, pero es que realmente lo?
Millones de imágenes, música y videos son subidos en Internet todos los días las personas que viven en África, exposing the other side of Africa which is beautiful and welcoming. However the horror images are still embedded in the memories of many African-descendants living in the diaspora. This got me thinking about how much damage this had caused inside us African American? Tenemos un serio problema en la mano, a psychological battle which continuous to haunt us and separate us Africans and African-Americans regardless of how much we try to get close to each other. A battle that we have not come out triumphant yet, a battle we have to uproots from the bottom up. Just us Nas clearly stated “una cosa sobre nosotros los afro-americanos y africanos,que no se comunican ,no se habla, we do not see a reason to talk”
“Los africanos no les gusta los afro-americanos en todos los, que nos contemplan, que tiene sus propios nombres poco racial para nosotros” this strong statement is commonly stated among many of us African-Americans even to the unknown individual who has not come in contact with an African living in Africa. Irónicamente, cuando se trata de nosotros los africanos que viven en Estados Unidos, a similar statement is visible: “Los afro-americanos no te gusta el afrikaans, they look down upon Africans and call us all sorts of names”. Sometimes it does feel as if we of African descent are still cursed with slavery; La esclavitud de la mente, la esclavitud de la separación el uno del otro, slavery with the idea that we are better than the other brother or sister. We are lost and need to remind ourselves that WE ARE ONE PEOPLE, UNA FAMILIA, de UN ÁFRICA, simple y llanamente. Es hora de que nos reunimos para reconocer unos a otros y ayudar a desarrollar los demás. Nadie va a hacer ese derecho para nosotros, pero nosotros.
De raza negra necesitan empezar a ver a África como en casa y hacer un esfuerzo para visitar África, preferably with an African friend and not just as a tourist to overcome the fear and feel at home. Africans living abroad need to make it an effort to be more open and engaging outside their communities as their actions also represent Africans living in Africa. Sin embargo, Voy a ser claro sobre esto, África es un continente enorme y no un país y la gente tiene diversas culturas y creencias, así que no se puede juzgar a todo un continente o incluso de un país sobre la base de una experiencia con otra. Todos los años lo he hecho un esfuerzo para llevar a casa a alguien conmigo a Ghana-África para que puedan experimentar lo que nunca supieron,”Casa”. I dare you that when you come to Africa not as a tourist you will leave Africa knowing in your heart that you have a home and a family in Africa.
It was very pleasing to hear Nas say that outside his music career he went to Africa for his birthday. African-American artists that come to Africa spend a day or two ought to try and stay a bit longer to explore home. El hacer dinero rápido, strictly business, nada que ver con la patria, peace out and bounce mentality upsets me because they are the voice that we the people listen to and follow. And if the voice can’t see then what can it say. For the entertainers that take full advantage of their trip to Africa and stay longer, tienden a ser aquellos que se tocan a hacer más, como Isaiah Washington, Ludarcris, Alicia Keys, 50centavos de dólar y jayz.
En un mundo ideal, every individual would have an opportunity to visit African and make their own judgement on the continent. Desafortunadamente, this isn’t the world we live in and the majority of individuals based their perception of Africa from what they see and listen from the media. It’s time for the media to take responsibility, speak the truth and for individuals to educate themselves to know the difference between true reality and what is not.
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