Bridging The Gap

My name is Sophia S. Vilceus a graduating senior from the CUNY City College of New York with a background of English/ Creative Writing and Black and Ethnic Studies; as a woman of Haitian Descent who is avidly conscious on her African identity, I find it overwhelmingly staggering that a whole array of people find some sort of tension and/or conflict in hailing from the Caribbean Islands yet still understanding/accepting their African Roots, or vice-versa.

Bridging the gap between ancestry and heritage is a concern of mine that has been the central platform for both my journalistic and creative pieces. “Bridging the Gap” is a column that will enable the creation of open and honest dialogue that will further bring the African and the Caribbean culture as well as the entire African Diaspora in cohesive conjunction with one another and speak openly on matters that are far too often muzzled in our community.

Overall the overlapping theme and premise for “Bridging the Gap” will be to embrace our cultural differences while simultaneously accepting and understanding our cultural likeness as both Africans and those hailing from the Caribbean, with emphasis on our umbrella African Diaspora descent.