Data Sovereignty, and the Architecture of Tech Resistance | Chiyedza Nyahuye - The Diaspora Reunion

"Data extractivism is the new colonialism. Our healing traditions are being repackaged as wellness trends, our music is training AI models, and our spiritual practices are becoming mere content. The question before us today is not whether AI will touch our data—that is already happening. The question really is: when it does, who controls what comes next?"In this extraordinary and emotionally charged chapter of the Diaspora Reunion 2026 Virtual Launch, moderator Sister Leno passes the floor to Chiyedza Nyahuye , affectionately known as the African AI Auntie.Chiyedza masterfully weaves a perfect bridge between the Shona cosmology of Zimbabwe and the absolute cutting-edge frontiers of artificial intelligence. By tracing her lineage of healers (Wonga) and the historic prophecy of the freedom fighter Nehanda, Chiyedza demonstrates that ancestral heritage and digital infrastructure are not opposing forces, but rather twin mechanisms of long-term intergenerational survival.