www.xanderpratt.com, Hip Hop Musician Xander Pratt Promotes Cultural Diversity through The African Dream Pan-African hip hop musician Xander Pratt thinks "we should cancel cultural appropriation for good and"advocate for 'cultural diversity' instead" - a term defined by the United Nations as the common heritage of humanity which impacts the development of present and future generations (UN OCHA 2001).

Born in Zimbabwe, the last country in the alphabetical list, Pratt reminded his fans that his deep immersion in varied cultures and arts under the supervision of UNESCO-International Theater Institute (ITI) during almost the entire year of 2023, allowed him to see for himself that Asia, Africa, and very soon, Latin America, have a lot in common than we think.

Bearing the torch is Pratt's original screenplay The African Dream, a fusion performance of dance, music, fashion and other art, which begins with a little black girl's dream and how it can be found not only around Africa, but in the spirit of Mother Africa around the world. It was first screened in Rabat, Morocco in front of ministers and heads of states by Africa 50, and will soon be performed with IT| country offices around the world. According to Getrude Manhamo, Vice President of the ITI Social Change Network, "We are proud of Xander and fellow Zimbabweans, coming from a peaceful country with a deep history as fighters, warriors, caregivers and above all custodians of cultural heritage preservation.

In recent years, claims of "cultural appropriation" thrown against reality TV stars Kylie Jenner and Kim

Kardashian have validated hateful debates on social media using "cultural

appropriation" as a valid reason to start hate. In fact, just in 2020, reports said Kylie Jenner

"wants to be a black woman so bad" according to an InStyle article.

The reports were based on Kylie sharing a picture of herself from an old photoshoot, wearing her platinum blonde hair in twists. This hairstyle is a protective style in the African American community that women can legally get fired for wearing. The backlash on social media began to roll in, with one commenter stating, "On a black woman, they would call this style ghetto." Kylie's sister, Kim Kardashian, also faced backlash for almost naming her shapewear line "Kimono" initially, inspired by the Japanese culture, before the fashion line was named

"Skims"

This is the kind of conversation that Xander wants to talk about. Because if a black Ghana-grown artist like himself has been embraced by an Asian indigenous tribe in the Philippines, while exploring the deeply rooted history of the Afro-Latin community, surely we can love both cultures at the same level, and therefore should not start hate and division among us.

"The African Dream is really about appreciating all cultures with the sense of sensitive carefulness of really studying the culture should be encouraged among all of us. Because we are all a part of a family called the human race, and it should not be considered bad to study, appreciate and enrich all colors of cultures and arts that we all experience along the way," Xander concluded. XP is advocating the global south initiative with the guidance of AsiaTV and UNESCO-ITI, which the group presentedin a summit in Russia, as well as the

International Youth Center in Malaysia and Regenesis Art Hub for Sustainability backed by Israeli Artist Michael Platnic.