Debating Role of Africa's Diaspora

For a long while, Africa's diaspora have been a trump card afro-optimists have wielded against the pessimists despairing about the future of the continent.

Here panelists (L to R) His Excellency Cyrille Oguin, Benin Ambassador to the United States; Mr. Anthony Archer, of the Diaspora Project at California State University Dominguiz Hills; and Ms. Gina Page, of African Ancestry discuss the important connections between Africa and the African Diaspora in the session "The African Diaspora - Investment, Citizenship, and Relationship".

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