Almost all African countries try to engage with their diaspora. However, when it comes to how to convince the African diaspora to work with their home country, the methods used do not work. One of the first things that comes to mind for most Africans living in Africa is asking the diaspora for help, forgetting that no one is helping the diaspora for free. On the contrary, the first thing that comes to mind for most diasporas is not how to help Africa, but whether Africa knows why they left the continent and what they are doing abroad.

Should I emphasize that many African immigrants have left the black continent because they were chased away by some leaders and sorcerers who, today, ask them to invest at home? Most African leaders are not trying to get to know and understand their diaspora better before asking them to invest their money in Africa. Sometimes I even wonder how many African professionals in the diaspora are richer than African leaders who ask them for money. Worse, some African leaders act as if their diaspora has forgotten the wounds they suffered in Africa before finding a way to flee the continent of Kwame Nkrumah. Clearly, many basic first steps need to be addressed to begin aligning Africa’s mindset with that of its diaspora. Otherwise, the synergistic coalition necessary for the engagement of the African diaspora will continue to be lacking.

The migration of diasporas from their country of origin to their new country of residence is a kind of “divorce or break” with their roots. Some Africans have had some bad experiences with their own people who don’t even want to reverse their “divorce” from Nelson Mandela’s continent. Other immigrants have been greatly affected by people in their home country who do not want to hear any requests from them. No intelligible man dates a woman starting to ask about whatever is supposed to be the latest. Also, no reasonable man can win back his ex-wife or ex-girlfriend, and vice versa, by starting the conversation with a request list or a list of things the ex must do. Sadly, certain political leaders who orchestrated the migration of their own people hold onto power and then ask their diaspora what they have hunted to come and invest in their country. These types of diaspora participation cannot work, particularly in the African context where people seem to push each other to the bottom of the pit of misery. At the same time, many foreign countries are taking advantage of the divergences between Africans!

Diaspora participation in the development of their home country must follow certain basic rules of courtesy. I believe that Africa and its diaspora should start “dating” in a format similar to that of a man trying to win back his ex-wife or ex-girlfriend, and vice versa. However, while some people who have separated can easily find new loves, it is not easy for most of the diaspora to quickly forget their roots and embrace the culture of their new country. This implies that there are still many opportunities to start engaging the African diasporas in a dialogue with their deeply needed homeland. For this dialogue to be successful, it must not begin by begging the diaspora to return to Africa or to invest in Africa. Similarly, the diaspora should not inaugurate this dialogue by requesting that African political leaders change overnight. African diasporas need to know that although their new life abroad has changed their thinking, many of their brothers and sisters in Africa still act as if they have no brains or cannot shed the legacy of the colony. postponement. Therefore, the African diaspora must be tolerant of its own people, who must be willing to realign and renew their mindset so that synergistic coalitions can be fostered in a win-win framework for the advancement of our beloved Africa rather than allowing the called superpowers to keep poaching your rich lands and mines as your grandmother’s cake or as your inheritance or as your slave’s field!

When it comes to engaging the African diaspora in Africa’s development, ten questions must first be asked:

1. Who are the African diaspora?
2. Who is who among the African diaspora?
3. Where they live
4. What are they doing?
5. What problems are they facing?
6. Why did they leave Africa?
7. How can Africa help them heal some of their wounds?
8. What can we do to forgive each other and embark on a new journey of partnership?
9. How can we partner instead of how can you help us?
10. How can we start this association without mentioning money as the first problem?

And these questions must be answered without forgetting the millions of African Americans, descendants of slaves, whom some “stupid” or naive African leaders think are not worthy of being called an African diaspora! It is after these questions are honestly addressed that Africa and its diaspora can start talking about who can do what for whom. Without following these simple strategic steps, the African diaspora will continue to create thousands of African diaspora associations, while African political leaders will continue to create more political parties in Africa, but sinking Africa.