A Diaspora Dilemma

The Stoop

Hana Baba and Leila Day

Identity, International, Thestoop, Blackness, Storytelling, African, Personal Journals, Africanamerican, Blackidentity, Blackart, Journalism, Society & Culture, Black, Diaspora, Blackculture

4.4 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Hana has a dilemma. As a diasporan, is she basically a diluted African? This question arises when Hana and Leila travel to conduct workshops at a conference in Kenya. Hana finds that she’s questioning her place —she’s African, but she’s a diaspora African —and she wonders how she’s seen, and what her role is, as someone who flies in from the West. In Nairobi, Hana gets some advice on diaspora privilege from Africa Podfest’s Melissa Mbugua, then in California she chats with fellow diasporans who are also asking, how should we conduct ourselves in Africa?

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0:00.0	Hey, Hannah. Hey, Lila.
0:07.2	So Lila, recently we were in Nairobi, Kenya.
0:11.6	Yes, yes. We went to that media conference, met so many amazing creators from all over Africa.
0:18.5	It was buzzing with talented people working in all kinds of media.
0:24.3	There were talks and there were workshops. We had some workshops too that we gave.
0:28.8	Oh my gosh, yes. It was incredible.
0:32.5	And for me, it felt good to be home.
0:34.9	Okay, it's not really so bad, but Nairobi just felt so familiar.
0:41.2	The trees, the smells and the air, the people.
0:47.1	But there was this one thing.
0:48.4	Uh-oh. What was the problem?
0:49.6	Uh, well, there was this feeling that I couldn't shake.
0:53.7	It kept coming up and there was this moment where I met this woman.
0:59.2	At the conference, she was in a beautiful red and gold dress.
1:03.6	She had these huge hoop earrings.
1:07.4	And we crossed paths in our eyes, met.
1:10.4	And she said, hello, hi, and she introduced herself.
1:13.8	And she has this media startup out of Kenya.
1:17.4	And then she asked, you know, what about you?
1:18.9	I said, my name is Hannah. I co-host the stoop.
1:20.9	I'm Sudanese. And she stopped me.
1:23.5	And she said, you are from Sudan.
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