May 15th, 2007
Afro Spear
I have joined a tremendous community of black bloggers that inspire me to keep hope alive. Please visit some of the fascinating blogs listed under the symbol of the Spear. I am excited to see the number of black bloggers with diverse backgrounds and opinions but with a love of black people. In the blogging community we have opportunity to learn from and about each other in a nonthreating way.
I will post later this week on an incredible conference I attended this weekend in Chicago. SOBCON 07 was a tremendous success. It would be wonderful to bring these 2 communities together, the potential for compelling dynamics will be unlimited. Since I author a business blog, I am going to make it my business to make both groups aware of excellence in both communities. I am pasting the about page for the founders of Afro Spear for your insight to this great collection of black bloggers.
The origins of “AfroSpear” started from a discussion a group of us had in regards to developing a community of African/Black progressive minded bloggers. From further discussions it developed into an idea to create a diasporic-wide think tank type blog comprising of 6 bloggers: 3 women and 3 men. The vision was that it would focus on discussing issues, exchanging ideas and creating strategies, with the objective of developing concrete and viable solutions to tackle the concerns relating to those of African descent worldwide.
The 5 of us, who are a part of the AfroSpear Circle so far, have developed over time a relationship by exchanging ideas and having discussions and respectful debates on each others blogs. We don’t always agree, but what we have in common is our love for our community and a commitment to the progress of those of African descent, both near and far. We are made up from a variety of voices with a variety of perspectives. Lubangakene, Sylvia and Field Negro reside in the United States. Asabagna is of Caribbean heritage residing in Canada. Aulelia is a Tanzanian woman living in France. Our goal for a 6th participant, is to add the experience, perspective and voice of an African woman, born and residing somewhere in the Motherland, to join us in our collective.
So we are currently a work in progress with the objective of opening up alternative spaces for dynamic discussions, discourses and debates. We want to be a part of, connected to and add our collective voice to the variety of other Afrocentric/Black individuals, cells, conglomerations and collectives out in the AfroSphere. To share our diverse ideas and experiences, to encourage the assortment of thoughts, opinions, beliefs and visions, so that the best and brightest of us can connect and be engaged, for the progress of our people.
We have been inspired by the overwhelming support we received for this vision. The suggestions, offers of assistance and sincere declarations of solidarity for our idea, certainly motivated us to make this project a reality. Amazingly, we also saw two positive developments get initiated from this process. One, was an awakening consciousness for those bloggers of African descent, of the idea of an “AfroSphere” - which lead to the formation of the AfroSpear Nation. The second was a desire for the organizing and convening of a bloggers convention for the AfroSpere Nation. If we can dream it, we can all work to make it happen.
May 15th, 2007 at 1:27 pm
This is great and I wish you all the best on the project. If you all have any plans of doing any podcasting, let me know. It would make for some good discussions.
May 15th, 2007 at 3:46 pm
Theo, how are you? Thanks for the offer, it may be the way to go!
August 23rd, 2007 at 11:00 am
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September 15th, 2007 at 5:51 pm
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We must share our knowledge and create economic prosperity for our people.
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October 23rd, 2007 at 3:38 pm
Afrosphere… love the name
July 12th, 2008 at 4:53 pm
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