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Full text linkThis is the table of contents for Strategic Visions Vol. 25 (No. 2) Spring 2025
Graduate Student Features: Short Essay by Evan Kolodziejczak
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Cultural Continuity and Resistance: Transcending Boundaries and Breaking the Chains of Mental Incarceration
Full text linkThis research paper explores the profound cultural continuity and resistance embedded within the Africana experience, transcending national boundaries and overcoming mental incarceration. It delves into the mechanisms of cultural preservation and renewal that have enabled the Africana diaspora to retain its cultural identity despite centuries of oppression and systemic disenfranchisement. Utilizing an africological lens this paper will discuss two key liberationists, Marcus Garvey and Malcolm X. Marcus Garvey’s visionary approach provides a framework for understanding organizational resistance that has strengthened Africana communities toward unity and self-determination. Marcus Garvey’s focus on Pan-Africanism and Africana self-reliance offers valuable insights into the collective efforts to reclaim and assert cultural heritage. In addition to Marcus Garvey’s contributions, Malcolm X’s transformative leadership and critique of systemic oppression further illuminate the active resistance against forces that seek to undermine Africana identity. Malcolm X’s advocacy for self-empowerment and cultural assertion reveals Africana communities\u27 dynamic strategies to navigate and resist external pressures. This research synthesizes these perspectives to argue that cultural continuity is an active form of Pan-African resistance to fragmentation and the suppression of the Africana identity. A critical aspect of this study is the concept of overcoming mental incarceration. By analyzing the psychological and ideological constructs that have historically constrained Africana individuals and communities, this paper highlights the strategies employed to reclaim and assert cultural agency. This includes community-led movements that challenge and dismantle oppression. Ultimately calling for a reevaluation of how cultural continuity is understood and emphasizes the importance of fostering a global consciousness that recognizes and celebrates the enduring strength and resilience of the Africana race. Through this lens, cultural continuity emerges as a powerful form of Pan-African resistance and a beacon of hope for future generations
Letter from the Associate Editor: Diop\u27s Challenge, Our Duty
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Interviews with CENFAD Speakers
Full text link“Protests, Power, and the Price of Silence: A Conversation with Aaron Gell on Gaza, Free Speech, and Higher Education”
“The Trump Doctrine Revisited: A Conversation with Dr. Nikolas Gvosdev on Foreign Policy, Cybersecurity, and the Shifting Global Order
Mexico’s Conditional Cash Transfer Program and Poverty Alleviation: A Study of Prospera
No full textPoverty remains one of the most significant global challenges and has prompted the development of various social policies aimed at mitigating its effects. Conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs have emerged as an effective and multidimensional approach to fight poverty through education, health, and nutrition. Prospera, Mexico\u27s flagship CCT program was one of the longest standing and best researched programs in the world. This paper analyzes the success of Prospera and its impact on global development policy. It concludes with a discussion on the program\u27s termination and best practices for the implementation of future poverty alleviation initiatives