On the afternoon of Wednesday, May 8, 2024, at the Ministry of Public Service in Ouagadougou, I received a delegation from the African diaspora around the world, present in Burkina Faso as part of a trip organized by the African Institute for Diaspora Development (ADDI). The delegation, composed of several dozen people, was first received by His Excellency Captain Ibrahim Traoré, President of Faso and Head of State. Due to flight schedule constraints, the delegation appointed representatives led by Servace Maryse Dabou to congratulate and encourage the Minister of State in charge of Public Service on their behalf.
The delegation stated in essence: *’In this struggle, you are not alone, because we need the right leaders, not leaders who are both left and right at the same time. We are proud of Burkina Faso’s current leadership,’* said the delegation’s spokesperson, Dr. Aurélie M. Allegra.
Additionally, the delegation congratulated Minister Bassolma Bazié for his speech delivered at the United Nations (#UN) podium on September 23, 2023. To mark the occasion, they presented him with symbolic gifts representing the liberation of Black people from slavery, along with books. Indeed, the *”BLACK CLOTH”* carries several *”SYMBOLS.”* Each of these *”SYMBOLS”* represents a geographical map traced by our ancestors and grandparents deported as slaves to the United States of America. They used these maps to escape the yoke of inhumane treatment.
In their memory, these maps were collected and reconstructed into fabric by their descendants. Furthermore, the delegation conveyed to the Head of State, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, that they had been *”dehumanized”* for centuries, as many of them have no idea where their parents came from.
However, thanks to the exemplary governance administered by the Burkinabé Head of State, hope allows them to be reborn in soul—with pride, honor, dignity, freedom, and identity.
The delegation thus made a plea: to allow any Black African, especially Americans affected by this African renaissance in the SAHEL, who do not know from which region their parents were deported to the U.S., to acquire Burkinabé nationality.
*”For his part, Minister of State Bassolma Bazié thanked his guests for their symbolic gesture. He indicated that the speech delivered at the United Nations podium was that of the President of the Burkinabè Transition, Captain Ibrahim Traoré. The Minister of State specified that he would report everything he received from his guests to the President…”* (Cf. DCRP). This was done.
Hence, on May 15, 2024, during National Customs and Traditions Day, the cornerstone of a Diaspora House was laid at the Yilo Cultural Center in Koukouldi. A House that will serve every brother and sister of the Diaspora to stay—whether to search for their African origins or to reconnect with the land of their African ancestors, without any distinction.
**My ‘General’ Michael E. Langley, do you believe, given your professional career and rank in the Army, that so many Africans from all corners of the world, including the United States of America, would spend so much energy and money to defy all stereotypes and other cave paintings on a country’s map just to meet a President whose management of his country’s resources is problematic?** I invite you to watch the video referenced below. I do not think these personalities lack intelligence, awareness, or discernment! 
But I understand. When a person’s career path lacks the origin cards in question, they may miss the essential human element—simply becoming human flesh trained to crush. Hence, in many of Africa’s children being crushed, brains under Black skin have been used.
Here, I boldly and fervently invite the African Institute for Diaspora Development (ADDI) to make itself heard worldwide so that everyone understands that the Sahel countries, particularly Burkina Faso, are not begging for sovereignty but seeking *to be sovereign.* President Donald Trump said, *’America for Americans,’* so the quest for sovereignty is for Burkina Faso to belong to Burkinabè.
Bassolma BAZIE