"African Union & the African Diaspora" session, "Rebuilding Africa" conference, Kensington/Chelsea Town Hall, London, 16 Oct 2004

"African Union & the African Diaspora" session, "Rebuilding Africa" conference, Kensington/Chelsea Town Hall, London, 16 Oct 2004, originally uploaded by MarianDouglas.

This photo's a bit grainy. It was one of my first efforts with my iPAQ handheld pda. It's obvious to some of us there's a direct connection from Africa to the mountains and valleys of east Tennessee and western NC. Some of us are the connection from Africa to the Appalachian mountains. Last October, as part of the association of people of African descendant in Europe, we attended this interesting meeting and met African Union Ambassador Sophie Kalinde who's the AU representative in Geneva, Switzerland. She's there on the panel - on the right.