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No. Name Country Bio Picture

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1.

Prof Júlio Cesar

de Souza

Tavares

Brazil

Professor: Doctorate course of the

Federal University of Fluminense/

UFF Member of the Brazilian

Association of Black Researchers

(ABPN) Specialises in Anthropology

2.

Ms Zélia

Amador de

Deus

Brazil

Professor: Federal University of

Pará/UFPA

President: Brazilian Association of

Black Researchers (ABPN)

Specialises in Culture and Literature

3.

Prof Silvio

Humberto dos

Passos Cunha

Brazil

Professor: State University of Feira

de Santana/UEFES, Salvador, Bahia

Executive Director: Steve Biko

Cultural Institute

Specialises in Economics

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4.

Dr Edvaldo

Mendes (Zulu)

Araújo

Brazil

President: Palmares Foundation

Ministry of Culture

Specilisation: Politics and Culture

5.

Ms Angela

Cristina Santos

Guimaráes

Coordinato

r: National

Youth

Council,

Salvador,

Bahia

Coordinator: National Youth Council,

Salvador, BahiaBlack Union for

Equality Specialisation: Social Science

6. Roland Ndip

Ndip

Port

Elizabeth,

SA

Prof Ndip a Senior lecturer at the

University of Fort Hare, South Africa.

He currently serves as Vice President

of the Pan African Environmental

Mutagen Society and reviewer to

several international journals.

7. Mr Joseph

Chilengi Italy

He is the Chairperson of Political

Affairs of African Union Economic

Social and Cultural Council (AU

ECOSOCC).

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8.

Dr. George

Mukundi

Wachira

Cape

Town, SA

George Mukundi Wachira is a Pan

African human rights lawyer and

academic. He has an LLD/PHD in

international human rights law and is

currently engaged as the Africa

Regional Coordinator, Transitional

Justice Programme, Centre for the

Study of Violence and Reconciliation,

South Africa.

9. Dr Mathole

Motshekga

Cape

Town, SA

He is the Chief Whip of the ANC in

South Africa’s National Assembly.

Additionally, he is the Head of the

KARA Institute.

10. Amb. Vincent

Sunny Okabi Nigeria

A seasoned and accomplished diplomat versed in Economic Diplomacy, commercial negotiations, bilateral and multilateral conflict resolutions. Involved in activities fostering multilateral interaction among Anglophone and Francophone nations of Africa. Additionally, he is the Resident Representative (Nigeria) of the Diaspora Africa Forum (DAF).

11. H.E. Dr Erieka

Bennett Ghana

Dr. Erieka Bennett is the

Convening Founder and Head of

Mission of the (AU) African

Diaspora Forum.

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12. Dr Jibrin

Ibrahim

Côte

d'Ivoire

Dr. Jibrin Ibrahim is the Director of

the Centre for Democracy and

Development (CDD).

13. Mrs Nana Ofei-

Nkansah Ghana

Managing Director- Gemini Maritime

Services Limited

President -terminal operators &

stevedores association Ghana

14.

Mrs Lalla

Moulati

Moulaye

Ghana

Lalla Moulaye is currently working

for Ecobank Transnational Inc. as

Government Relations Adviser.

15. Hassan Ahmed

Jalloh

Sierra

Leone

He is the Founder/Executive Director

AfroNeth Foundation. Professionaly,

Hassan is a Agricultural Extension

specialist.

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16.

Mr Maurice

Okomo Okoth

Amisi

Kenya

He is the head of the Diaspora Affairs

Division in the Ministry of Foreign

Affairs.

17.

Ms Bertha

Ernestine Semu

Somi

Tanzania

She is the Coordinator and Acting

Director for Diaspora Engagement

&International Opportunities

Department in the Ministry of

Foreign Affairs.

18. Ms Mebrat

Beyene Abay Ethiopia

She is the former Charge d'Affaire for

the Federal Democratic Republic of

Ethiopia to South Africa and Minister

Counsellor in London. She is

currently the Director General of

Ethiopian Expatriates Affairs within

the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

19. Mr Tichawona

Shumba

Ethiopia

He is the senior Policy Officer in the

Planning Directorate of Strategic

Policy Plan of the African Union

Commission.

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20. Ms K. Fatima-

Zohra Algeria

Ms Karadja is the President of the

Association Nationale de Soutien aux

Enfants en Difficulté en Institution

(ANSEDI) as well as Vice President for

the African Union’s Economic, Social

and Cultural Council ECOSOCC/AU.

21.

Dr Kennedy

Fuango

Tumenta

Germany

Tumenta F. Kennedy is co-founder

and CEO of the African Business

Information Bank He is a European

Facilitator of the African Union -

African Diasporas 6th Region and Pan

African Diasporas Union (PADU) and

President of African Diasporas

Germany – Chapter.

22. Mr Toks Kotoye Nigeria

Toks Kotoye is the author of the new

pioneering book “Africans Abroad –

How to Successfully Return to

Africa”. He is also a renowned global

expert on African Migration and

African Investments, he is the CEO of

R2A Global a company that provides

Consultancy, Seminars and Training

services to Governments etc.

23.

Dr Titilola

Adesola

Banjoko

UK

Dr Titi Banjoko is a healthcare

professional and the founder of of

AfricaRecruit, a programme designed

to build capacity in Africa using

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human capital as the main driver.

24. Prof. Augustine

Gregory John UK

Professor Augustine John is an

executive coach and a management

and social investment consultant. He

assists governments in ensuring that

Joint Venture Agreements and MOU

identify the social investment inward

investors (especially in the extractive

industries) would make in their areas

of operation, as well as helping to

scope and evaluate social investment

projects with local government and

civil society organisations.

25. Dr Ama Biney UK

Ama Biney (Dr) is a historian

specialising in West African history,

Pan-Africanism, Diaspora-Africa

relations, anti-colonial struggles,

relations between African-Latinos

and Africa in addition to Africans and

African-American history. She has

written for the Pan-African electronic

journal Pambazuka news.

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26. Ms. Ijahnya

Christian Ethiopia

Ijahnya Christian is the Caribbean

Rastafari Organisation’s Liaison to

the African Union (AU) and an

executive member of the AU

Diaspora Network in the Caribbean.

27. Mr Justin

Ahanhanso France

He is the Coordinator and team

leader of UNESCO’s Oceanographer

and Global Ocean Observing System.

28. Dr David L.

Horne USA

David L. Horne, Ph.D is a professor of

Pan African Studies and Critical

Thinking at California State

University, Northridge (right outside

Los Angeles). He is also the

International Facilitator of the Sixth

Region Diaspora Caucus organization,

in the USA.

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29. Karolyn Ashley

Lockhart USA

Karolyne is the Assistant to the Head

of Mission, (Ambassador Erieka

Bennett) for the African Union

Diaspora African Forum (DAF).

30. Ms Claudette

Perry USA

Claudette Perry is an International

Representative for the (AU) Diaspora

African Forum, and a Board Member,

in Washington, DC

31. Ms Beverly Gail

Williams-Coles USA

Ms. Williams-Coles is an appointed

member of the Diaspora Africa

Forum board and currently serves as

Acting Secretary and Fund Raising

Committee Chair.

32. Dr. Eddie Neal USA

Dr. Eddie Neal is Chief Executive

Officer of The Scientex Corporation,

a research and engineering company

possessing 30 years experience in

infrastructure development for

transportation systems,

environmental safety, and

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information system management.

33. Ms Anita Bryant USA

Anita Bryant is the managing partner

of The Bridge, an international

business consulting firm based in

Atlanta, GA..

34. Amb. Amina Ali USA

Ambassador Amina Salum Ali is the

Permanent Representative of the

African Union to the United States of

America.

35. Mr James Early USA

He is the Director of Cultural

Heritage Policy Center for Folklife

and Cultural Heritage Smithsonian

Institution, Washington, DC.

36.

Bradford C

Grant

Ms. Susan E.

Sutler, Esq.

USA

Bradford C. Grant is a Professor and

Director of the School of Architecture

and Design and Associate Dean of

the College of Engineering,

Architecture and Computer Sciences

at Howard University, Washington

DC.

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37.

Mr. Howard

Anthony

Regusters

USA

38. Dr. Arika

Chihombari USA

39. Mr Ron Edgar

Taplin USA

'Kamau' Ron Taplin is the State of

Washington (USA) Representative to

the Sixth Region Diaspora Caucus

(SRDC).

40. Dr. Armand

Johan Zunder Suriname

Chairman of the National Federation

of African-Surinamese in the

Diaspora, Un Bondru

41.

Dr

Renata Cornelly

Lucille De

Bies

Suriname

Renata de Bies is an associate

professor with the Anton de Kom

University of Suriname. She is the

first Dean of the Faculty of

Humanties of this University.

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42. Sidney Francis

Martin Nicaragua

Professionally, Sidney Francis is an

Accountant. He is a member of the

Central American Black Organization.

43. Adv. Alfred

Sears Bahamas

Adv Sears is the former Attorney

General of The Bahamas, former

Minister of Education, Science and

Technology of The Bahamas.

Currently, adv Sears is the Managing

Partner of Sears & Co. Law Firm.

Additionally, he is a Member of

Parliament for Fort Charlotte.

44. Rev. Buddy

Aaron Larrier USA

Rev. Buddy is a Social Historian,

Community Practitioner, Specialist-

Trainer and Consultant in Race

Relations.

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45. Dr Line Juliette

Jeanine Hilgros USA

She is a representative of the

International Committee of Black

People (ICBP) in Guadeloupe.

46. Dr Rupert

Charles Lewis Jamaica

Dr. Rupert Lewis is a Professor of

Political Though and Associate

Director of the Centre for Caribbean

Thought and Associate Dean for

Graduate Studies in the Faculty of

Social Sciences, the University of the

West Indies, Jamaica. He is a

member of the Council of the

Institute of Jamaica and Chairman of

the Advisory Board of the African-

Caribbean Institute of /Jamaica

Memory Bank. He is also Chairman of

the “Friends of Liberty Hall – The

Legacy of Marcus Garvey”.

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47. Mr David Andre

Comissiong USA

David Comissiong is a former Senator

in the government of Barbados.

David is also a founding-member of

the Pan-African Movement of

Barbados (PAMOB), the Caribbean

Pan-African Network (CPAN) and the

Global Afrikan Congress (GAC).

48.

Dr

Gene Kenneth

Emmanuel

US Virgin

Islands

Gene is an Associate professor of

English at the University of the Virgin

Islands. Additionally, he is a member

of the Executive body of CPAN,

headquartered in Trinidad and

Tobago.

49. Khafra Duguma

Kambon

Trinidad

and

Tobago

Khafra Kambon is the Chairman of

the Emancipation Support

Committee and Co-ordinator of the

Caribbean Pan African Network, the

name given to the AU-Diaspora

Network in the Caribbean.

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50.

Prince

Immanuel Ben-

Yehuda

Israel

Member of the Pan-African Diaspora

organizations in The Netherlands.

51. Lucie Tondreau USA Executive member of the Caribbean

Pan African Network

52. Dr Molefi K.

Asante

USA

Dr Asante is a Professor of African American Studies, at the Temple University.

53. Dr Ruth

Pinheiro Brazil

She is a member of the Council of

Negro State of Rio de Janeiro;

Assistant General of the Association

of Culture and Environment for the

project "Indigenous Culture Points"

in the Amazon region.

54. Emira Woods USA

Emira Woods is co-director of

Foreign Policy In Focus at the

Institute for Policy Studies, and an

expert on U.S. foreign policy with a

special emphasis on Africa and the

developing world.

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55.

Mr Richard

Darlington

Ferdinand

Cambridge

USA

Richard Cambridge is an Adviser to

the Regional Vice President, and

Manager, African Diaspora Program,

Africa Region in the World Bank.

56. Ms Aline Diakite US

Aline is the Executive Director for

Washington State for Pre-Paid Legal

Services Inc. She is also involved in

the Sixth Region Diaspora Caucus

(SRDC) as a Representative for the

state of Washington and North

America Region. She is also the

chairperson of the Continental-

African Diaspora Connection

Committee.

57. Ms Alicia M

Sanabria Brazil

She is the founder of African Matrix

C³ which strives to promote human

and economic development

strategies amongst Africa and the

African Diaspora.

58. Dr. Hilary

Brown Jamaica

Dr. Hilary Brown is currently the

Programme Manager of Culture and

Community Development within the

CARICOM Secretariat. In this

position, Dr. Brown is responsible for

development, advocacy and

integration, with respect to the

culture, youth and gender

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programmes in the CARICOM region.

59. Mahar Cooke Ghana

Mahar’s professional experience

covers mining and rough evaluation

to cutting and polishing, marketing

and brokering. Mahar is now the

youngest Diaspora Chief in Ghana; he

was selected to serve the people in

the Bono Manso Region of Ghana.

60. Mr Frederick

Audley Mitchell USA

Mr. Mitchell is the Member of

Parliament for the Fox Hill

Constituency in New Providence, a

settlement of freed African slaves in

The Bahamas. He served as Foreign

Minister of The Bahamas from 2002

to 2007 and now serves as the

Opposition's spokesman on Foreign

Affairs and Foreign Trade. He was

a leader of the anti apartheid

movement in The Bahamas.

61. Ms Robtel

Neajai Pailey Liberia

Pailey currently serves as special

assistant to the Minister of State for

Presidential Affairs in the Liberian

Executive Mansion.

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62.

Dr Dudley

Joseph

Thompson

USA

Ambassador Thompson is a member

of the Group of Eminent Persons

under the auspices of the OAU, now

AU and former Foreign Minister of

Jamaica.

63.

Mr Kenneth

Michael

Robinson

Netherlan

ds

Mr Robinson is the Chairman of the

African Diaspora formation in the

Netherlands. Professionally, he is an

IT Teacher/facilitator.

64. Ms Barryl

Biekman

Netherlan

ds

She is a Senior Policy Advisor and a

member of the African Diaspora

formation in the Netherlands.

65. Tricia Barrow-

Hazelwood USA

Ms. Tricia Barrow-Hazelwood is a

Senior Project Officer in the

Directorate of Foreign and

Community Relations at the

Caribbean Community (CARICOM)

Secretariat.

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66. Mr Marcus

Goffe UK

Marcus Goffe is an Attorney-at-Law

in Jamaica specializing in criminal law

and intellectual property law. He isa

also the Legal Advisor to the Ethio-

Africa Diaspora Union Millennium

Council in Jamaica.

67.

Mr Jeronimo

Delgado

Caicedo

Colombia

Director of the African Studies Centre

at the Universidad Externado de

Colombia. Main consultant for the

Asia, Africa and Oceania Bureau of

the Colombian Ministry of Foreign

Affairs.

68.

Mr John Victor

Augustus

Loncke

USA

Executiv Member of the Pan-African

Movement, Guyana & Caribbean Pan

African Network

69. Dr Julius

Garvey USA

Apart from being Marcus Garvey’s

son, Dr Julius W. Garvey is a board

certified surgeon who specializes in

the diagnosis and treatment of

vascular disease.

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70. Mr Lee Otis

Cherry USA

Lee O. Cherry is the co-founder,

President, CEO of the African

Scientific Institute.

71. Esperanza

Bisho Perea Colombia

She is the Director of Black Colombia

Cultural Foundation

72.

Modesto

Antonio Ruiz

Espinoza

He is the chairman of the

Subcommittee on Legislation,

Participation, Warranties, Duties and

Rights of Afro-descendants,

subcommittee responsible for

drafting the Organic Law Against

Racial Discrimination (currently

under discussion).

73. Osama M.

Abdel Khalek Egypt

Member of the Cabinet of Minister

of Foreign Affairs in charge of African

Affairs , specially African Union and

western and central African affairs.

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74. Edward Oscar

Braithwaite Canada

E .Oscar Brathwaite s a longtime

partner of the Pan-African cause for

over three decades.

75. Cas Coovadia South

Africa

Cas is currently the Managing

Director at The Banking Association

of South Africa. He has played a

central role in the negotiations

leading to the signing of the Financial

Services Charter and is playing a

critical role in the implementation of

agreements reached in the Charter.

76. Kenneth Walker South

Africa

Mr Walker is a journalist of note,

having won several including the

National Association of Black

Journalists.

77. Chose Choeu

South

Africa

Mr Choeu is the Head of Corporate

Affairs in Eskom. He was recently

elected Chairperson of the

International Chamber of Commerce

South Africa (ICCSA) and appointed

President of South African Chamber

of Commerce and Industry (SACCI).

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78. Tandeka C.

Nkiwane South

Africa

Tandeka C. Nkiwane is research

professor and director of the

Development Research Institute in

Johannesburg, South Africa.

79.

Mr Motheo

Koitsiwe

South

Africa

Mr Koitsiwe is a lecturer and

researcher on Indigenous knowledge

Systems (IKS) at the North West

University, Mafikeng campus, South

Africa.

80. Dr. Toni Luck South

Africa

DR. Toni Luck is a Transformation

Specialist and African Development

Specialist. is Founding Chair of the

African Legacy Trust.

81.

Mr. Tshepo

Anthony

Mashiane

South

Africa

Mr. Mashiane is currently the

Secretary General of the African

Union Economic, Social and Cultural

Council – South Africa Chapter (AU-

ECOSOCC-SA Chapter).

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82.

Mr. Ibrahim

Gourouza

Magagi Niger

Mr. Ibrahim Gourouza Magagi is the

Special Assistant to the CEO of

NEPAD head-quartered in Midrand

South Africa

83. Michael E.M.

Sudarkasa South

Africa

Michael E.M. Sudarkasa is a U.S.

trained attorney and African

economic development consultant

based in Johannesburg, South

Africa.

84.

Looks Matoto

South

Africa

Looks is the Deputy President of

ECOSOCC- SA Chapter

85. Amb. Bruce

Goodwin Jamaica

He is the ambassador Extraordinary

and Plenipotentiary of Antigua and

Barbuda in Cuba, Havana.

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86. Rafael Jabba

Tunisia

Mr. Jabba is a Principal Investment

Officer with the African Development

Bank. Previously he has worked with

various USAID missions including the

Gaza bank capacity building,

microfinance and home

improvement lending program

87.

Amb. Faith

Radebe South

Africa

She is the Inspector-General of the

National Intelligence Agency.

88.

Amb. Bruce

Goodwin

Antigua

and

Barbuda

He is the Ambassador Extraordinary

and Plenipotentiary to Cuba.

89. David Monyae South

Africa

He is working for the Development

Bank of Southern Africa.

90. Prof. Makhanya

South

Africa

Professor Makhanya is a lecturer at

the University of South Africa.

91. Themba Kinana

South

Africa

He is the Stakeholder Manager at

Vodacom.

92.

Olawale

Maiyegun Ethiopia He is with the African Institute for

Remittance’s Social Affairs portfolio.