"Afrochellans" from all over the world are currently living it up in Accra, Ghana.
When our group member crossed his arms in the shape of an X and the child gestured back, we knew he knew of the same resilience we know.
Charing says, a person with lighter skin can be born anywhere in this universe and folks will have little question about the authenticity of their identities. But let that person, like Nyong'o, be of a darker complexion, and people are up in arms.
Whether you are a black from the States, Europe, the islands or anywhere else in the world, we are all a part of the African diaspora and should respect one another as distant kin.