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Lessons we can learn from Ethiopian cuisine: Yishak Fantu

What Ethiopian Cuisine Can Teach Us: YISHAK FANTU This story has been brought to you by WorldRemit in partnership with Rootencial. Rootencial, founded by Josefina Bonsundy, is a start-up promoting diversity and inclusion, and as part of this it showcases positive stories of communities with African heritage, while contributing to their promotion and development.  Meet …

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Feminist empowerment and anti-racism activism through art: Meet Monserrat Anguiano

Montserrat Anguiano is an artist tailor-made for the Afro-descendant generations in Spain. She gives visibility to black women through her painting, achieving the perfect balance between art and identity, and advances the fight for diversity through the beauty of her works. With the launch of her online store, it is now possible to acquire her …

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The Pokot – East Africa’s Most Misunderstood Community

Pokot communities are notorious across East Africa for their supposedly combative, violent nature. Perceived as fearless warriors and cattle herders, legend has it that the Pokot are willing to lose a limb to defend their bovine companions. “We are a very peaceful community,” says Edna Kaptoyo, a Pokot civil society leader, who resents the stereotyping …

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In Tribute to Africa: Michelle Dybele

An Interview with Michelle Dybele Michelle Dybele is a French actress, film producer and entrepreneur of Central African heritage.  Josefina Bonsundy Nvumba, Founder of Rootencial, spoke to Michelle about her various creative  ventures, from her short film produced in Côte d’Ivoire and featured at Cannes to the scarves inspired  by her grandmother and African history. …

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Finding African roots through literature: Pamela Ohene Nyako

Pamela Ohene Nyako has always been captivated by history. When she was young, she devoured books about ancient Egypt and Greece, learnt about the Holocaust from her German grandmother and was drawn to black history, including learning about legendary American civil rights movement leaders Martin Luther King and Malcolm X. “It was actually easier for …

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Dreams, Identity & Stories : Alejandra Evui Salmerón

Rootencial is delighted to introduce Alejandra Evui Salmerón Ntutumu, a telecommunications engineer born in Spain to an Equatorial-Guinean mother from Niefang and to Spanish father from Murcia. Alejandra also defines herself as a multidisciplinary engineer, or social engineer, due to her passion for social projects, charity, and empowering the community. ” I believe that my …

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Art Runs Through My Veins: Emmanuel Awanga

Rootencial is delighted to introduce Emmanuel Awanga, a painter and an artist in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the largest French-speaking city in the world. Exhibiting his work in a vibrant backstreet art market just off Kinshasa’s central Boulevard du 30 Juin, Emmanuel’s colorful creative streak is immediately apparent. Dressed in …

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