Two years in, a newsletter built for African diaspora voices has grown into a full community, and the team is revisiting its favourite editions.
The African diaspora has a lot to say, and The Long Wave has spent two years making sure those stories get heard. The newsletter, which centres life, culture and connection across the diaspora, is celebrating its second anniversary with a look back at the editions that mattered most to its team.
The range is wide. Highlights include the rise of AI aunties, a very modern take on the family advice we all know and love, and the long, winding phone calls that happen in the back of a diaspora Uber ride. These are everyday moments, and they say a lot about how people live between places, languages and homes.
What began as a newsletter has grown into something bigger. Readers have turned it into a real community, writing in with their thoughts, their tips and, now and then, their polite disagreements. The team says it welcomes and relishes all of it, and that back-and-forth has helped shape the direction of the project.
For anyone who has missed an edition, the anniversary selection is a good place to catch up. It shows how much ground diaspora storytelling can cover, from the funny and the familiar to the thoughtful and the surprising. Year three promises more of the same energy, and more voices joining the conversation.
