I am Koshie Mills, a Ghanaian American Businesswoman and founder of The Diaspora Dialogues and I congratulate my African Sister Kamala Harris, a Daughter of the African Soil, on her historic rise to the second-highest seat in the land. A seat never held by a woman, let alone a Black woman.

Her Indian ancestry and Jamaican heritage give her a unique perspective and power to shape the global agenda of this administration in respect to Africa. It is my hope that she does not look at the Black experience as monolithic, severed from its African ancestry, but rather a mosaic of cultures and communities deeply rooted in ancient tradition. Traditions, that if heeded, can help us heal the spiritual wounds of our people. I want to invite her to come back home to Africa.

As a daughter of the African soil, my personal immigrant journey as a naturalized Ghanaian American Businesswoman and Media Executive has created major milestones in my life. America introduced me to my soulmate, Kwame Boakye, who I've been married to for three decades. America was the soil I birthed the three loves of my life, our young kings: Kwame Boateng, Kofi Siriboe and Kwesi Boakye. I love America and the fabric of its promised character which is interwoven into the threads that bind me to the African soil.

The first time we took our sons back home to Ghana, we witnessed a powerful transformation when they touched the African soil and draped the Kente cloth over their skin. When you connect to your roots, it awakens your inner strength and sense of belonging. This was the catalyst for me to create The Diaspora Dialogues movement to reconnect Africa with its descendants throughout the world.

Koshie Mills

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