Saidou D.M. Camara Reviews Dr. Dampha's Scholarly work

By Jarra News TV Staff Reporter

PACCL Scholar Explores Cultural and Economic Reconnection in Pan-African Futures

The latest scholarly work by Dr. Lang Fafa Dampha, titled African Echoes, Caribbean Futures, is sparking conversation across Pan-African circles for its bold take on culture, economics, and reparative justice.

The essay, reviewed in a commentary by Saidou D.M. Camara, argues that the Caribbean’s reconnection with Africa is moving beyond nostalgia toward a strategy of resistance, empowerment, and future-making. Through food, entrepreneurship, and digital connectivity, Dampha shows how grassroots initiatives are reshaping Pan-Africanism in practical, everyday ways.

At the heart of the essay is Africana Chops, a culinary venture in St. Lucia founded by Dr. Augustine Ogbu. For Dampha, this restaurant is more than a business; it is a living symbol of cultural reclamation. Each dish, from fufu to egusi soup, is framed as both memory and resistance—an act of reconnecting the African diaspora with its fragmented past.

Beyond culture, Dampha insists that revival must be tied to economic agency. Africana Chops, he argues, demonstrates how food enterprises can strengthen supply chains, create youth employment, and model transatlantic trade, echoing the reparations agenda of the CARICOM Reparations Commission.

The essay also highlights how digital platforms—from Instagram to TikTok—are becoming modern Pan-African commons, allowing diaspora communities to share languages, music, and traditions in real time. This, Camara notes, reflects a new kind of Pan-African identity: global, interactive, and youth-driven.

Dampha connects these grassroots practices to state-level initiatives, citing air and sea bridges between Africa and the Caribbean, digital currency experiments, and climate diplomacy. This, he argues, fulfills Kwame Nkrumah’s vision of Pan-Africanism as both cultural and political.

In conclusion, Dampha positions reconnection not as nostalgia but as resistance—a forward-looking strategy rooted in memory, but oriented toward sovereignty and development. In doing so, his work builds on the legacies of Paul Gilroy, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Walter Rodney, and Frantz Fanon, while offering a roadmap for Pan-Africanism in the 21st century.

Jarra News TV commends both Dr. Dampha and Saidou D.M. Camara for their wonderful insights and intellectual foresight in guiding the future of Africa and Africans. Their combined perspectives reflect a vision of Pan-Africanism that is both deeply rooted and boldly innovative.