Africa has for generations now, been viewed through a web of myth so pervasive and so glib that understanding it becomes a two-fold task: the task of uncovering the myth and the burden of proof before a global jury at large. Only if the myth is stripped away can the true picture of Africa emerge. And, only if the picture is clear can the African dream be realized.

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The African dream can simply be interpreted as what culminates in “Africa for Africans.” It is important to understand this in the context that we mean competent and conscientious Africans in control of the destiny of the African continent, the African nations, African cities, African communities, African institutions, African Markets, and the African families on the continent and in Diaspora -- for the benefit of the people of African descent everywhere. In short, to put a wholesome and respectable African identity on all African designations: African solutions to African problems. This is not an easy task in a world that has already established unfavorable views on African propositions. The dream is thus to change that by promoting the African Views of its worlds and beyond.  To be or not to be is the question.

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This picture reveals among other things, the scope of African cultural diversity, parallel views, and ingenuity, common and interdependent traditions, congruous inclinations, and consistent patterns of aspirations across Africa and its Diaspora; it also shows the ubiquitous patterns of mundane African plights that are inextricably reminiscent of the slave trade, coerced economy, and colonialism in world’s history. These historical and contemporary challenges set the existing global precedence for the proprium, which stimulates lucid insights into complex psychosocial and cross cultural human affairs.

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We arrive at this juncture as it has been unanimously echoed over the years as a goal in the principles, philosophy, and doctrines of historical African thinkers and seekers, as well as it has been consistent and salient in contemporary African discourses around the globe. This is a propensity that can be observed not only in theory but also in practice by several other organized cultural societies, while Africa twirls with the concept of capacity building. In the current highly competitive global market, brain drain becomes inevitable despite best effort. Because, the solution is to not only to build capacity but to commitment to a desirable identity, perked with incentives and discipline for the understanding of responsibilities within the universal ecosystem.

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In a society that promises its citizens that everyone is free, protected and can have it al. Africans are marginalized. A large minority within people of African descent are still not able to reap the benefit of cultural strength and many would argue that cultural strength and cultural image is poor or none existent as portrayed by outlandish institutional media network that often unintentionally distort the ripple effect of the messaging targeting a western audience and naively insensitive to the African context. That is, there is no benefit in citizenry or political participation or sociocultural engagement.

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Nevertheless, a true nature, a true self, an identity of fullness of being is bound to emerge when the myths that are used to control, coerce, and dismay are no longer relevant obviously with local variations and global standard. A new universe of understanding is inspired by African Views for the community to have control over basic challenges in the pursuit of life. This understanding is important for sustainable development, and requires unwavering commitment, multidisciplinary approach, and immense creativity. Therefore, we do not just monitor and analyze these problems, we do our best to understand and fix them through social research, community assessment, resource mapping, and project development.

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African Views is an American charitable organization with United Nations ECOSOC Status. We provide research and analysis on global African affairs with the mission to promote cultural sustainability and cultural harmony within the universal socio-cultural ecosystem.

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Making the African dream a reality, one unit at a time.