Homegoing Fund
Magic & Melanin reconnects humans of the African diaspora to their homeland
For over 400 years, European colonizers enacted a vast and terrible genocide on the people of Africa. During centuries of exploitation, millions of African men, women, and children were ripped from their homes and forcibly taken to foreign lands. Their descendants faced fear, torture, pain and death in this new land, a land we can never truly call our home. Today we still feel the ripples of these terrible actions, as the systems of bondage have evolved and changed while keeping their singular goal of oppressing our people. Despite this, we have persevered, and we will overcome.
Magic & Melanin’s Homegoing Fund aims to offer an opportunity for every human of the African diaspora to safely and sustainably return home. Similarly to the Birthright Movement that offers fully funded pilgrimages for Jewish youth, we believe that descendants of Africa also deserve reparations and easeful access to the Motherland. Our Homegoing Fund aims to make this possible. It takes a village for this vision to become a reality -- any and all contributions create a significant impact.
While we cannot change the past and undo the systemic trauma that derived from enslavement and colonization, in this present moment we have the power to collectively direct our resources towards this healing mission. Thanks to last year’s homegoing fundraiser, we were able to launch our inaugural residency program, and our 5 residents were able to experience a decolonizing and healing 14-week journey in West Africa. Proceeds from the fund also allowed us to offer full and partial scholarships to participants who took part in our December homegoing experience. Read testimonials and see how Homegoing Fund donations contributed to past trip experiences.
With this year's fundraiser, our intention is to offer additional scholarships to dozens of returnees, and to create sustainable homes for both the African diaspora and for Africans already living on the continent. MM's Repatriation Project is the next step in ensuring that the return to the Motherland can be ongoing, and that it not only benefits the African diaspora, but local residents in need of support or shelter as well. All donations to our Homegoing Fund will help us create several co-ops throughout the continent that will help heal and unite Africa and its diaspora for generations to come. We deserve to breathe easy. We deserve to feel free.
MM Reparations Club
Many of our Homegoing Fund donors have asked us how they can support Magic & Melanin's mission on an ongoing basis. We're happy to offer MM Reparations Club monthly subscriptions. Choose a donation amount that speaks to you, and you'll contribute to MM's growth on a monthly basis. Because MM founder Dossé-Via is an astronumerologist, she strongly believes in the power of blending intention, gratitude, and numerology. The generosity and abundance that come from these donation amounts will come back to you multiplied, so thank you in advance!
Impact of your donation
At $4,000 per trip, your donation can go a long way towards sponsoring a member of the African diaspora to return to their original homeland. Our MM Experiences take our participants throughout the nations of Benin, Togo, Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire -- where the majority of enslaved Africans originated.
Over the course of these trips, we explore the vibrant culture and life of Abidjan, Lomé, Accra and Cotonou. We travel through the abundant countryside to visit the spectacular nature of West Africa and connect with our indigenous roots. We visit sacred historical sites for a view into our past, retrace the routes of the enslaved as we commemorate our ancestors, and dream about all that the future has to offer Africa. These homegoing trips help us co-create the world in which we want to live. Every donation helps us turn that vision into our truth.
Thank you for supporting Magic & Melanin's Homegoing Fund! We invite you to either make a one-time donation, or become a monthly donor via our Reparations Club.
Our Partner
Ethiopian Airlines, the #1 Pan African airline in the world, offers special rates for Magic & Melanin travelers returning to the Motherland.
