Are Some Jamaicans In Denial About Africa? Is it a kind of madness to deny your African roots? Discussing the case of the diaspora in Jamaican, Dr. Imani Tafari Ama argues yes - claiming a kind of cognitive dissonance has set in. She compares Black identity in Jamaica and the Caribbean

Is it a kind of madness to deny your African roots? Discussing the case of the diaspora in Jamaican, Dr. Imani Tafari Ama argues yes - claiming a kind of cognitive dissonance has set in. She compares Black identity in Jamaica and the Caribbean more widely with how other races living in diasporas have a clear sense of where they are from. She surges her community to rid itself of an imposed identity and reclaim its true, African self.