Following the successful participation at the United Nations Permanent Forum of the People of African Descent (April 14–17, 2025), Africa Femmes Performantes and its valued partners: OKEMA GLOBAL RETURN, The LUCAS NANA ACTION HEALTH CONSULTING, RENADEV, NOHA FOUNDATION and the Institutions of Cameroon, and the Democratic Republic of Congo; are proud to announce the 2nd Congress of the Return to be held in DOUALA and YAOUNDE with a cultural immersion in BIMBIA from June 12-20, 2025 at the Aquarius Marina Complexe in Douala and at the UBUNTU Cultural Center in Yaounde.
We invite Afrodescendants and friends of Africa to join this historic event, featuring a special Medical Mission from the United States and a distinguished Business Delegation from the Caribbean. The Democratic Republic of Congo will be honored as the African Guest of Honor, and Guadeloupe will be celebrated as the Guest of Honor for the Afrodescendant community.
2025 ROOTS RECONNECTIONS PROGRAMS
Bridging and Reconnecting Africans in Diaspora to their African Origin through Cultural trips, cooperation and Building projects. The Great mass involuntary dispersion took millions of people from Western and Central Africa to different regions throughout the Americas and the Caribbean. African Diaspora is the term commonly used to describe the mass involuntary dispersion of peoples from Africa during the Transatlantic Slave Trades, from the 1500s to the 1800s.
The Arts and Culture of Africa, encompassing traditional music, dance, visual arts, literature, and more, have become powerful catalysts for tourism, promoting economic growth, fostering cross-cultural understanding, and generating employment opportunities.
We are delighted to welcome Special Delegates from the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, GUADELOUPE, CANADA, Europe, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Africa.
THE LUCAS NANA ACTION HEALTH CONSULTING, Inc.
The medical mission led by The Lucas Nana Action Health Consulting from the United States of America will provide vital healthcare services, promote preventive care, and support local health initiatives across African communities. It will foster knowledge exchange between American and African health professionals, strengthen long-term collaboration, and facilitate the acquisition of essential medical equipment and resources. Beyond physical healing, the mission will also offer emotional and spiritual support, embodying a holistic approach to community well-being.
ROOTS RECONNECTION PROGRAM
JUNE 12-20, 2025
REGISTRATION OPEN
Registration is now open! We invite you to be part of this transformative journey — join the Medical Mission to support health and healing, during the 2nd Congress of the Return to shape the future of Afrodescendant communities, or experience a powerful cultural immersion in Bimbia, the historic site of memory and resilience. Together, let’s honor our past, build our future, and reconnect with the roots that unite us!
REGISTER PROGRAM VENUE SPEAKERS & EXPERTS
VISA INFO MEDICAL MISSION CULTURAL IMMERSION BIMBIA
Africa Femmes Performantes, together with its partners Leve-toi et Brille, Hippo Mother Foundation, and The Lucas Nana Action Health Consulting, proudly made impactful declarations at the United Nations Permanent Forum of the People of African Descent (April 14–17, 2025) in New York. Our collective voices highlighted urgent issues and set a powerful foundation for action, inspiring renewed commitment from global partners. These declarations mark a pivotal step leading into our 2nd Congress of the Return, where we will continue to transform words into concrete initiatives for healing, reconnection, and empowerment.
The OKEMA GLOBAL RETURN is a program of Africa Femmes Performantes,Inc., put in place by Africans afro descents who recognizes their roots in Africa and who are gathered around one goal: to unite the like-minded people to play a significant role and give back their knowledge, their investment, their help, their substance to the people of the motherland and in the African socioeconomic ecosystem around structuring "Business" projects; The aim is to create empower different sectors with industries and technologies of today and tomorrow necessary for the autonomy and economic independence of the countries in which they are implemented.
OKEMA GLOBAL RETURN is a Network that is engaged, through strategic programming and work, to participate as an essential component in the building of the African Continent and build sustainable partnerships between the African Continent. In partnership with the African Diaspora, our goal is to create opportunities both in Africa and in different parts of the Diaspora in order to galvanize, mobilize, structure, empower the People of African Descent and reconnect them to the Motherland.
COMMON VISION PROJECTS GLOBAL PARTNERS MEDIA RESSOURCE
We are working in close collaboration with the International Center of Bantu Civilization, this institution: The CICIBA. its main mission is to help understand and promote Bantu civilizations, making it a major cultural hub for Bantu peoples. This organization plays a crucial role in preserving and transmitting the authentic values of Bantu civilization for future generations. It also acts as an important lever for sub-regional solidarity and cooperation. We are collaborating and working with the CICIBA to promote Bantu culture globally among Afro descendants through educational programs, cultural exchanges, and events in African countries members of the CICIBA and wherever the diaspora is dispersed.
With the International Movement for the Construction of Collective Identities of Diasporas and African Civil Societies, our collaboration focusses on cultural reconnection, educational research, economic partnerships, and global forums. This includes heritage tours, trade initiatives, knowledge sharing, and international summits to strengthen Diaspora identity and influence on the Contient of Africa.
BRIEFINGS SESSIONS 2024 GUADELOUPE BRIEFINGS SESSIONS 2024 MIAMI
PAST ROOTS RECONNECTION PROGRAM
2021 CAMEROON RECONNECTION TRIP 2021 CONGO KINSHASA TRIP
2021 CONGO BRAZZAVILLE RECONNECTION TRIP