The African continent is confronted with numerous social and economic challenges that can no longer be ignored by any sensible African. Africa’s past and present experiences and opportunities must be used as a conduit for future actions.

In this context, Wafrika ( Swahili: Africans) offers a forum where Africans can meet to discuss, review , analyze and provide clarity to ambiguous and complex issues facing the continent. Wafrika’s core objective is to challenge the underlying assumptions of Africans by deconstructing information from policy makers and media outlets, that consistently distort, omit, and restrict information. Such information is what shapes the minds, opinions and beliefs of Africans.

Africans have enjoyed long traditions of telling their stories. In modern and post-modern cultures, Africans, for the most part, have allowed their stories to be told by others. This had a detrimental effect.  Wafrika attempts to provide a forum for Africans to start telling their stories again. Wafrika strives to be expansive and widen Africans’ perspective of themselves by reframing the debate, asking the right questions and allowing voices that are often ignored but are essential to the debate, to be heard. The ultimate goal of Wafrika is to reach a critical mass of Africans, challenge their core beliefs , and engage them in an analytical process from which ideas will emerge and viable solutions can be offered.