In a global world in which more than 150 million people migrate from one country to another every year, the new black diaspora, now termed transnational and very circular in nature, is quite different from the initial diaspora born of slavery or that born of colonialism and post-colonialism. It is argued, that within the late twentieth century, and now in the new millennium, the transnational forces of the new migrations have brought into play a different and new diaspora which contributes more money to the homeland, has redrawn the political interconnections between the homelands and the host society, and now plays a pivotal intervening role in the reconstruction of home. Finally, it is contended that it behooves the homeland(s) of the sending societies, to establish facilitating, structural arrangements at the national governmental levels, to ensure that there is transparency, mutuality, efficacy and accountability in these evolving relationships, especially in an increasingly globally interconnected world.

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