Hi there!
Nice to meet you. My name is Efua. I hope that this blog finds you and your family well.
I send my most sincere condolences to anyone who has lost a loved one (family, friend or colleague) due to the Coronavirus/Covid 19. Despite the challenges with Covid 19 worldwide let us remain encouraged, remembering that the Most High is in control and with us, His people.
This is the blog section of the website of the Black Heritage & Rehabilitation Institute, a Non Profit Organisation aimed at educating, inspiring and rehabilitating people of African descent worldwide.
Our aim is to publish and distribute educational, inspirational and rehabilitation articles and books as well as organise speaking engagements or seminars. Click here for “Who We Are”.
We are planning to launch as part of the Institute’s work, an online Rehabilitation Programme (Self Assessment Questionnaire & Therapeutic Tools: Cognitive Behaviour Therapy & Trauma Management Self Help Courses) tailored for people of African descent. Click here for more information.
The name of this blog “Converging Global Africa” was chosen with some thought; It serves to remind people of African descent of our connectivity worldwide which is ongoing and speaks of our supernatural resilience regardless of what comes our way. This is our strength and has worked in our favour for centuries so that we continue to arise and evolve as a force to be reckoned with from the ashes of historical afflictions.
Lately there is a manifestation of a convergence that reveals the vision of Pan Africanism is being fanned into flame as never before and is aided by social media…there is no going back, Africans are awake and owning the narrative, lifting themselves and each other up, self respecting and demanding self respect. Business is not as usual in mother Africa nor among her children worldwide. This is the work of the Most High God.
This blog has articles that are diverse and gleaned from personally researched material which are historical as well as related to current affairs and are intended to inspire and motivate while being educational.
The Institute serves to remind people of African descent that the restoration, preservation and sustenance of our self-respect and dignity as a people starts with being consistently introspective and caring for our personal mental health and general well being and extending that to others close to us and our Global African family. One would say that is a big ask but in reality it is the least we can do as a people who need immense TLC (Tender Loving Care), given our traumatic history. History should have taught us that we are the only ones who can care enough about ourselves to help ourselves.
Often times African history is learnt from sources that are not of African heritage, some of these are accurate but many are not as they are revealed to be distorted and superficial because of the insincere hidden agenda of the foreigners who wrote them.
Many of the accurate accounts of black history and information about black achievers (e.g. inventors, scholars, activists etc…) who serve as role models for our people are not taught in schools or readily available in the public sphere.
I am among those of African descent who feel compelled for us to own the vision of our people and the continent of Africa as well as to tell our stories (past and present) from our own perspective. From experience I have found out that when we do so there is also a wellspring of revelation that comes with it which the Most High has reserved for us;
No one can tap into the depth of truth and convey the transforming power of history than those who own it.
Please check out articles I will be rolling out weekly in the current sub-categories (e.g. Generals of Slave Revolts & the Slave Abolitionist Movement, Two fold Slave Trades – Arab/Muslim & Trans-Atlantic, Notable Black inventors, Notable Black Writers & Publishers), more will be added in time under “Blog Posts – Categories” in the side bar.
I also have a category on poetry and prose of a general nature as well as specific to Africa and people of African descent.
Please feel free to comment on the posts and even start a discussion in the forum (below). I have also added other links and features to the homepage (e.g. African business/ investment & networking links, links to Christian blogs & podcasts for spiritual inspiration, quotes, videos etc…) that may be of interest to you.
Stay blessed!
Efua x
