already always -- contribution of the smalley diaspora -- somalia diaspora in somalia. 1974 to 1975,n of literacy levels were improved from 5% to 65%. as we have today, literacy in somalia is that the lower levels. for men, it is about 35%. and for women and youth it is below that, below 30%. do we have to improve that? and could this be a tool to help the communities learn the language, learn how to read and write, and get employment opportunities with education as a tool? >> thank you very much. media, iestion of the can claim that somalia enjoys the largest amount of freedom that exists today in africa, and in that part of africa particularly. we have a large media, both tv , and websites. in mogadishu alone, we have more radios and across somalia, we have seven tvs across the satellite we are using. websites, hundreds of in the smalley and language and operated by somalis -- in the somali language and operated by somalis. somalians were making this happen long before the diaspora was in place. there were discussions with the media people and the minister of onormation in mogadishu

they have switched to diaspora? what is diaspora?e are joined by a researcher from the center for the analysis of social media. what is diaspora and who uses it? >> this is a decentralized network of computers. basically, it is a kind of untraceable social media network. it is part of a larger group of kind of services and platforms that allow people to communicate anonymously on the internet and on the dark knight. so, it is important that they got on there. it is much harder for the security services to understand what they are doing. at the same time, actually we should regard this as a kind of a part victory. when these groups are forced off of the more public platforms like twitter, facebook, youtube, so on, it reduces the contact they have with the public and therefore it reduces their propaganda reach. this has not been a victory for them that they have been forced into this network. having said that, whether it is through platforms like diaspora or things like tor or virtual private networks, it makes it much much harder for

they are facts that most cubans in the diaspora and on the island largely accept. however, cubans in the u.s. and on the island have come to attribute very different meaning to the children's exodus. they disagree about the motives that inspired it, about whether to remember it as a humanitarian or politically motivated event. and they disagree about the impact the familial separation and life in catholic charities administered camps, foster homes, and orphanages had on young cuban refugees. these competing collective memories have emerged over time as pedro pan children grew, matured, attended college, and began articulating their own identities. as they watched television news stories about child refugees coming to the u.s. from south vietnam in the 1970's, and as they watched new generations of unaccompanied central american, haitian, and even cuban children arriving in the u.s., as they married and had their own children, and as they confronted changing political circumstances on the island and in the u.s. that allowed for dialogue and travel to the island begi

interested in -- one of the arguments i make, turned on to the cultures of freedom of the african diaspora. muslim youth movements drawing on the deep wells, one of the ways they learn about black radicalism is through music. and what they learn about marcus garvey through hip-hop and malcolm x, so it is an important way to disseminate, a final reason for music is it emerges as a way that government using music to moderate, integrate use movements. and the promise ability of music so you have states such as france regulating hip-hop and the u.s. using music for diplomacy and states trying to to use music as a way to back more liberal forms of islam. >> host: the book begins in latin america. talking about muslims and south america in brazil, and in contrast to the europe of north america i wonder if you could speak about the latin american connections and the current interest in places like brazil of middle eastern and north african culture and what in academic terms we could call the intersection of orientalism and tropicalizati tropicalization. >> guest: one reason i began in latin ameri

still, we did speak with diaspora.hey posted about this saying that they are trying to take this stuff down but they cannot because it is a completely decentralized network. there is no central server. i cannot manipulate or remove content from the network. that may be the reason it attracted activists to their network. i question is -- who else is on there? who are they reaching? what are other people on the darknet doing? at it,ing more broadly there is a certain culture surrounding these sites, surrounding these kinds of services that we can examine. on the darknet, in general, it has everything from people selling and buying drugs, child ,er in agra fee -- pornography and political dissidents often from countries like egypt where they might be afraid to talk openly about liberal democracy and secular values. there is a huge range of communities that use these kinds of platforms. you mentioned that it is decentralized and is difficult to control content on diaspora, in fact, impossible. that is the case on all these

media mogul mo abudu found her mission in life to change the way people view people of the african diaspora you for coming. you have been compared to oprah. you both have a popular talk show and own your own network. >> network. >> what's really interesting is at least for me is you both operate from this internal thing that drives and pulls you. and for you in your particular case you recognize you could do some things very differently in terms of changing the world. showcasing africa. >> in a very different. >> different light. >> as you said it is something internal. that deep seated belief, the passion about wanting to change how the world sees africa. >> happy anniversary nigeria as we celebrate our 53rd year of independence. let's ask what are we all doing to make nigeria a better place? >> it's now. it's fast. it's glam. it's happening. it's africana cool. >> i was brought up in england and forever been asked the most ridiculous questions about where i come from. i think it's deeply buried in my subconscious about when you have the opportunity to do something about how people see afr

there's a lot of african diaspora who do not have the opportunity to go home and feel like it's another site of relevance for them. but it was when i was covering the united nations week, which is the general assembly every september. ever comes to new york. traffic is crazy. every head of state and entourage is very new york. in 2010 was the 10th anniversary of the famous millennium development goals, which was the blueprint for solving property in 15 years with these simple steps. as a journalist, as an american journalist for an american publication, i was watching the presentation and the united nations had a poster competition to commemorate the 10th anniversary. the winning poster they selected goes to the issue of agency we are mentioning. at the top of the photo, there's a photo of the book because it's hard to describe, from the bottom up -- from the waist up there with the leaders of the g8 in their suit in yucatÁn because angela merkel was the lone woman in the pants to. from the waist down it had what i can only assume were sort of african children in a refugee camp. the mac

. >> in a book you suggest for children and grandchildren of the african diaspora have a role to play. you mentioned the move backlogs and i wonder if i have your next. and seeing what other people who have gone back have been doing whether you think there is a generational clique of recognition that comes from process. >> i would say yes. i think one exciting element of what had been years of export, bring trainees to call it is what i call great game, which is folks like myself who have an understanding of the incredible dynamism and sub-saharan africa and the fact i really believe this is fact that it is one of the most, if not the most important stories of the 21st century, it might take some of my peers know for someone who has this date and spent time in africa is little more time to get to the realization. for someone like myself it is obvious. it is a slight advantage in whatever sector. if you're working in private equity or public-health and you want to do something interesting and take knowledge he worked you want to start an agribusiness. i would tell the story if it someh

a new service join diaspora. they made an effort to tus to disseminate videos.he accounts were removed almost immediately. they've stopped. it's that kind of effort we'll see progress on. >> you mentioned room for companies to take initiative themselves. there's a "washington post" article i wrote about this a couple weeks ago. very controversial at the time. certain lie a large outpouring of support for companies doing more an this since it's so instrumental. but also a lot of people very concerned about the free speech issues which i hope i addressed fairly. you were quoted extensively in that piece and you got some responses from these companies. >> we've heard from these companies. they are eager to try to take an this and eager to understand more about what the problem is. the dynamics of radicalization online. i think these companies admit that they don't know all that much about it, and i think they admit they need to put more focus into it. they are just starting. there's a lot of work to be done. it's fair -- the fair criticism to say a lot of this is o

close the nature of the investments between seed capital in the institutional investment with that diaspora is looking at ways to bridge that gap with the investment of $5 million is for most stock options. but if that is u.s. standard is a mismatch to understand that. >> the success stories we're running a very successful business so what we need to talk about the shares are heavily oversubscribed. >> we are active in 17 african countries. we have officers and boots on the ground not to say they're not there but the way we look at it is to invest in nigeria in a day. [laughter] it is a prospective. in then through the ivory coast. in regional integration is happening. one and to do more business and fathers could ever have dreamed of to drive the policy changes i think that is brazil to but i will only talk about africa. [laughter] simic i definitely have a point. >> i will take that opportunity. >> that is the last will go that direction. >> i am an attorney from new rochelle in it seems to me that the perception of the entire continent is so skewed the media does not cover africa is anyt

oslo, the diaspora was once connected with the -- deeplyrative has been affected by the zionist narrative and the language imposed upon us. we are made to believe we must fight for peace instead of justice. they were -- they replace our struggle with endless negotiations. they try to soil the words that we hold sacred. these words will always be sacred because they belong to the oppressed. empower us and strike fear into the hearts of cowards. people of resistance and we need to rebuild our culture of resistance. we did not trade our right of return for pragmatism. some of our leaders may have traded in fear -- are still in the streets exercising their rights to racist colonial domination.

social and economic justice for urban communities within the united states and throughout the african diaspora. he was appointed as a distinguished lecturerred a meds gar evers college in the city university of new york in 2006, from 1981 to 2005, he served as an elected member of the new york state assembly. during his tenure, in the state legislature, green was widely acknowledged as an expert on educational reform and children and family policies. a long-standing advocate of civil and human rights, green worked within the legislature -- within the legislative process to enact numerous laws that reflected his commitment to these principles. and in addition to his responsibilities at the dubois bunch center, green is a professor of public administration and the publisher of the soon to be released solutions journal. welcome, professor green. [applause] >> so, this was a monumental task, and we have finals this week, and in many of my students are cramming. i crammed last night. but it was worthwhile, really was. this is an incredible book. i want to start basically from personal reflections,

oslo, the diaspora was once connected with the -- deeplyrative has been affected by the zionist narrative and the language imposed upon us. we are made to believe we must fight for peace instead of justice. they were -- they replace our struggle with endless negotiations. they try to soil the words that we hold sacred. these words will always be sacred because they belong to the oppressed. empower us and strike fear into the hearts of cowards. people of resistance and we need to rebuild our culture of resistance. we did not trade our right of return for pragmatism. some of our leaders may have traded in fear -- are still in the streets exercising their rights to racist colonial domination. resist colonial domination. issa rending to the language of peace, we have handcuffed the means in which people back home can resist. -- by surrendering to the language of peace, we have handcuffed the means in which people back home can resist. in being mindful of our language, we will protect and reinforce our narrative. for this reason, resistance in this country will start with the tongue. believe t

recent immigrants from the south to other parts of the country and there's a large in otherthern diasporaarts of the country as well, so the historice, intergenerational poverty is a reflection of southern economics and culture. it is not simply a reflection of public policy at a national level. host: give them good jobs, ones they can live on. guest: that is the challenge. back to my categories for the people whose character is intact. a job of work. people like the lady's daughters and i have a niece that falls into the same category. they need more. they need restoration. any transformation as a condition of it. need transportation as a condition of it. the very fact that a family of five would discourage their they from reading because were disqualified for a $600 ssi payment, there are quite a few inner-city moms that encourage their children to act out behaviorally so that they can go on medication, so they will qualify for ssi checks. there are a lot of perverse incentives that are contained in a lot of the government-funded programs and that we need to address. we need to do so wi

and there's, i think, an opportunity with the african diaspora, there's an opportunity of looking at ways of bridging that gap p and putting some -- you know, a venture capital investment of $5 million is very difficult for most african start-ups to consume. there isn't the liquidity, and there isn't the size and the market. but if that's the u.s. standard, there's a mismatch. and so we need to probably look further down and understand that. >> it's changing. i speak to international investors particularly here in the u.s., and the success stories are speaking for themselves. strive has a very successful business in zimbabwe. we are running a very successful business. if you'd invested in my company two years ago, it was worth about $1.6 billion, today it's worth about $6 billion two years later. investors are happy to come. my shares are, happily, oversubscribed. and people are going past the african risk thing. >> absolutely. >> thank you, sir. >> we are active in some 17 african countries. >> 17? >> yes. we have people, we have offices, we have boots on the ground. we're africans.

and there's, i think, an opportunity with the african diaspora, there's an opportunity of looking ats of bridging that gap p and putting some -- you know, a venture capital investment of $5 million is very difficult for most african start-ups to consume. there isn't the liquidity, and there isn't the size and the market. but if that's the u.s.

but right here at home and in great britain and other countries where there has been a tremendous diasporas leaders, drivers, teachers. they are scholars. but there must be now a commitment by american muslims as encouraged by the president of the united states to be american first and to let the kids know that to be a jihaddist is a dead end street. >> i hate to tell you, don't hold your breath. we've been trying to do that. this president has been a very good friend to the muslims. he celebrate ramadan again. >> what are you doing this weekend on your show? >> this weekend we've got a special at 9:00 o'clock instead of the usual hour 10:00 o'clock. it is on anna nicole smith. i think you have the call. this is how we all really refocused on anna nicole. >> if you can please respond to the hard rock. >> room 607. >> okay. >> it's going to be reference to a white female who she's not breathing and she's not responsive. she's actually anna nicole smith. >> never heard that. >> what killed her? who was responsible for giving her the drugs that killed her? we confront or interview every princ

there's a lot of african diaspora who do not have the opportunity to go home and feel like it's another site of relevance for them. but it was when i was covering the united nations week, which is the general assembly every september. ever comes to new york. traffic is crazy. every head of state and entourage is very new york. in 2010 was the 10th anniversary of the famous millennium development goals, which was the blueprint for solving property in 15 years with these simple steps. as a journalist, as an american journalist for an american publication, i was watching the presentation and the united nations had a poster competition to commemorate the 10th anniversary. the winning poster they selected goes to the issue of agency we are mentioning. at the top of the photo, there's a photo of the book because it's hard to describe, from the bottom up -- from the waist up there with the leaders of the g8 in their suit in yucatÁn because angela merkel was the lone woman in the pants to. from the waist down it had what i can only assume were sort of african children in a refugee camp. the mac