Emancipate Yourself from Mental Slavery: Decolonizing the African Mind

What now and where do we go from here? How do we stop the miseducation of our children and decolonize the minds of Africans? This thought-provoking, very interactive session will take attendees from 1950 to the present day. Invited guests, Dr. Desta Meghoo, Dr. Kenneth Ombongi, and Chief Nathaniel Styles, will join Dr. Pamela Hall and Mr. Tony Bennett.

Ancient spiritual and cultural tools that helped Africans thrive for thousands of years will be reintroduced. Mental slavery will be defined, and current roadblocks to the new African/Alkebulian Renaissance will be explored. The session will conclude with a dance concert presented by The Department of Fine Arts Dance Program under the Direction of Professor Yvonne Jones Goodridge. Alkebulan Dance Diaspora will take you on a dance journey from Africa to the Caribbean and into the United States.

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Alkebulan: Shining Light on the Dark Continent

This four-part series will focus on Who are We? and From where did We come? The series begins with the answer:  Alkebulan which means Mother of Civilizations. The speakers will share archeological and anthropological findings confirming that Alkebulan, now called Africa is the origin of humankind/homo sapiens. Other eras covered in this four-part series are Aethipioa and its contributions to civilizations from 5000 B.C., followed by the Nile Valley from 3150 B.C. Join us in exploring the West African civilizations of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai, as well as Yoruba and Igbo cultures. We will not only discuss the Transatlantic Slave trade, but we will also shed light on rebellions of the enslaved that occurred all over the African Diaspora and on the continent of Africa. This will be followed by discussing the role the Berlin Conference of 1885 played in carving up the continent of Africa. The series will conclude with the expert panelists and the participants having a discussion on What Now? Where do we go from here? A dance concert in Broad Auditorium featuring Professor Yvonne Goodridge and the dancers from BURDE will take you on a journey from Africa to the Caribbean and across the Atlantic to the United States.

• February 3, 2022: Africa’s Civilizations and Her Great Contributions to the World
  
  
• February 10, 2022: The Other Great Empires of Alkebulan
  
  
• February 17, 2022: The European’s Exploitation of Africa Through the Slave Trade and Carving up the Continent
  
  
• February 24, 2022: Emancipate Yourself from Mental Slavery: Decolonizing the African Mind