Happy New Year from CRDEA
A New Hope.
Happy New Year from CRDEA.
As we step into a new year, I’m choosing hope on purpose. Not soft hope, but disciplined hope. The kind that organizes, builds, teaches, and refuses to accept a future that keeps African people fragmented and pleading at doors that should have been open.
CRDEA exists for one simple reason: Africa must become whole in practice, not just in speeches. A borderless Africa is not a fantasy, it is a correction. It is the logical next step for a continent that was carved up for someone else’s convenience. And it is the only future that matches our history, our shared bloodlines, and our economic survival.
This year, we will keep pushing a clear path of residency for Descendants of Enslaved Africans. Not symbolic ceremonies. Not temporary visas. Real legal pathways: residency, work rights, family settlement, and a dignified process that treats return as a right, not a favour. We can honor the sovereignty of African nations while also recognizing a moral debt and a strategic opportunity: the diaspora is not a guest. The diaspora is family.
Our vision is simple: One Sky Africa. The same sky covers Kingston, Toronto, Lagos, Nairobi, Accra, Windhoek, and Johannesburg. The sky does not recognize colonial borders, and neither should our future. Under one sky, we can build shared institutions, shared markets, shared education, and shared protection for our people wherever we live.
So let this New Year be happy, and let it be serious. Let it be a year of stronger networks, clearer policy demands, and practical steps that make unity real. If you’ve been watching quietly, this is your moment to lean in. If you’ve been carrying doubt, bring it with you, but don’t let it stop you. The work is bigger than fear.
From all of us at CRDEA: peace to your home, strength to your mind, and forward motion to your plans.
One Sky. One Africa. One future.
Raye Julius Nyerere | CRDEA