Working in Africa and Africa Diaspora countries, 13 active campaigns.
Structure
Board of Directors, staff, members
Leadership
Nicole Lee, Director
Governance
Board of Directors, Danny Glover (Chair)
Website
www.transafrica.org
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TransAfrica (formerly TransAfrica Forum) is an advocacy organization in Washington, D.C. that seeks to influence the foreign policy of the United States concerning African and Caribbean countries and all African diaspora groups. They are a research, education, and advocacy center for activism focusing on social, economic and political conditions in Africa, the Caribbean, and Latin America and other parts of the African Diaspora. They are the largest and oldest social justice organization in the United States that focuses on the African world. They have served as a major research, educational, and organizing institution for the African and African Descendant communities and the U.S. public in general.[1]
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was an American lawyer, author and activist, noted as the founder of TransAfrica. He was known particularly for his impassioned opposition to apartheid...
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"Staff". transafrica.org. Archived from the original on July 5, 2013. Retrieved July 10, 2013. Turner, Jack. "SOBU: Nicole Lee From TransAfrica Keeps It...
is a South African businessman, founder and former executive chairman of Paramount Group. He is also an executive chairman of TransAfrica Capital and...
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also been featured on Kaya FM's Platinum Friday with T-Bose, Metro FM, TransAfrica Radio and on the Vuzu music television show, Hit Refresh. He has received...
the magical Negro as "Magical African American Friends" (MAAFs), says they are rooted in screenwriters’ ignorance of African Americans: MAAFs exist because...
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food is the ethnic cuisine of African Americans. It originated in the American South from the cuisines of enslaved Africans trafficked to the North American...
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