NAIROBI, Kenya — Malachy M. Zuberi, author and founder of Wanzia Nation, recently appeared as a featured guest on TATT Talks, the interview series produced by The African Think Tank. During the interview, he shared the extraordinary journey that took him from a closed California adoption to a ceremonial return to the African tribe of…
I Was Born Without a Family. Then I Found Two. Now I Have Six. Reconnecting with My Birth Family began with a question I could not answer for most of my life. Where do I come from? I was adopted through a closed adoption. Somewhere in the world I had a biological mother. A biological…
African Ancestry: The Fragment Principle African Ancestry can often be preserved in ways that are not immediately understood. For more than a century, my family preserved a name without understanding it. Wanza. The name survived. However, the explanation did not. Generations repeated it.Generations remembered it. Yet, despite this repetition, nobody seemed to know where it…
What Is Wanzia? What is Wanzia? It begins with a simple observation: most people are told to wait. Wait for help. Wait for jobs. Wait for funding. Wait for governments. Wait for someone else to solve the problem. While people wait, children go hungry. Knowledge disappears. Communities struggle. Talented people never get the opportunity they…
The Clue That Survived Slavery and Preserved My African Ancestry Family Story It survived slavery. It survived generations. It survived adoption. Yet my family carried a clue across more than a century of separation. Even so, this African ancestry family story survived slavery, generations, and adoption. In fact, it endured even when people no longer…
Community-owned solutions are becoming an essential part of Africa’s future because they empower local communities to create sustainable growth and shared prosperity. Moreover, people around the world care about many of the same challenges and are seeking solutions that create lasting impact. African diaspora Poverty. Hunger. Lack of opportunity. Poor education. Communities that struggle year…
Why Diaspora Return Begins With Identity, Not Travel Diaspora return begins with a question. Not a passport. Not a visa. Not a plane ticket. A question. Instead, it begins with a deeper question: Who am I? Many people living far from their ancestral homeland, diaspora return is not simply a physical journey. It is a…
Welcome to the Wanzia Journal African Diaspora Identity, Return, and Civilization Across the world, millions of people of African diaspora identity are searching for answers about identity, belonging, heritage and purpose. They are searching for where they come from, where they belong, and how they can contribute to something greater than themselves. Wanzia Journal was…