AphroChic Magazine: Issue No. 11
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Reference<br />
Africa, Dispersed People<br />
& The Lands of Dispersion<br />
Exploring the Three Sides of Joseph Harris’<br />
Triadic Model of Diaspora<br />
Human beings are unique among nature’s creatures, in that the stories<br />
we tell ourselves about reality often do more to shape our thoughts<br />
and actions than reality itself. Race and money, nation-states and our<br />
allegiance to them, all are stories that we tell and retell, shaping billions<br />
of lives not by what is, but by what we imagine. Even science is our<br />
ever-evolving and never-complete narrative of what the world around<br />
us is and how it works. This is not, categorically speaking, a bad thing.<br />
Our stories enable us to make sense out of the world around us, to orient<br />
ourselves in it so that we can decide where we want to go and how best<br />
to get there. If the use of tools is truly what separates the human animal<br />
from every other animal this world has to offer, then our stories are our<br />
most effective, most important tool.<br />
Words by Bryan Mason<br />
Photos by Svitlana Miku<br />
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