HISTORY
How the chapter began.
Three decades of gathering — from kitchen tables in north Dallas to the annual reunion, the dinner & dance, and the Akinola Wyse Symposium.
Krio Descendants Union of Texas
Three decades of gathering — from kitchen tables in north Dallas to the annual reunion, the dinner & dance, and the Akinola Wyse Symposium.
The Krio Descendants Union of Texas was founded by a small group of Sierra Leoneans of Krio descent settled in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. The founders were responding to a simple need that every immigrant family of the African diaspora eventually feels: we should gather, and we should help one another.
What began as a handful of families meeting in living rooms and church halls grew, over time, into a chartered chapter of Krio Descendants Union Global. The annual family reunion became a tradition. The dinner-and-dance — the chapter’s signature fundraiser — followed. So did the Christmas party, the wanpot communal feasts, and the thanksgiving services.
By the mid-2010s, the chapter had formalized its mission around three pillars: reflection (the cultural and spiritual life of the Krio community), education (scholarships for students in Sierra Leone, and the Akinola Wyse Symposium series), and charitable giving (health-and-wellness outreach, relief shipments, and the everyday work of helping where we can).
KDU Texas is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. The chapter membership spans three generations and several professional fields — doctors, engineers, teachers, civil servants, students. We still meet, we still gather, and we still help one another. Le we hep we sef.