So what can we say

New diasporas: political neologism or young development actors?

Macka Balde, Merveilles Bavuidinsi, Merem Tahar, Amy Bello, Alfred Bewindin Sawadogo © Beverly Santu/RFI

By: Diara Ndiaye Follow

Today, the term "diaspora" is cited fairly regularly in political discourse.

Whether it is to designate a group of individuals by their ethnicity or to promote a political idea: what are we talking about?

Who are they ?

And to go further: what do they represent?

Immigrants or descendants of immigrants still committed to promoting the continent's development or misunderstood, who bears the burden of playing a role here or elsewhere in spite of themselves?

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  • Macka Balde

    , student (in Finance), president of ESSEC Africa, of Guinean origin

  • Merveilles Bavuidinsi

    , our correspondent in Paris 

  • Merem Tahar

    , law student, member of the Chadian Diaspora Women's Association

  • Amy Bello

    , Nigerian entrepreneur

  • Alfred Bewindin Sawadogo

    , co-author of the "

    Big Book of the Burkinabè Diaspora

    ", published by Harmattan.

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