TAP Issue 19
AFRICA’S DIASPORA YOUTH RETURNS: STORIES OF HOMECOMING
We are delighted to be publishing the 19th issue of TAP Magazine in what we hope will be a milestone year for this magazine. As a publication founded by a young
man out in the diaspora, and that has since made a complete exodus back to the continent, we’re thrilled
to be dedicating this specific issue purely to stories of enterprising young Africans who have left it all behind in the west and returned to the continent.
It is probably worth mentioning that contrary to popular belief, the number of Africans moving outside Africa (per population) has not increased at all since the 1960s. When they do move, half of all Africans who leave their countries of origin end up in another African country and not anywhere across Europe, Asia or North America.
The African Union defines the African diaspora as “people of African Origin who live outside the continent, and who, irrespective of their current nationality or citizenship, are willing to contribute to the development of the continent and the African Union. This definition encompasses all African migration; historic, current, forced, voluntary, economic or humanitarian”.
With an estimated 350 million people of African descent living in the diaspora, it’s been fascinating to see that a lot more African people are now choosing to return to the continent after years abroad.