This Groundation is convened in honour of our great Warrior-Scholar, Nana Amos Wilson. Nana Amos Wilson is the Author of:
- The Developmental Psychology of the Black Child
- Awakening the Natural Genius of Black Children
- Blueprint for Black Power
He also established Afrikan World Info Systems, a publishing company dedicated to knowledge production, specific to the needs of the Global Afrikan Community. Few, if any, were more prolific in providing a more scientific analysis of the plight of Black people, and putting forward tangible programmes. Shortly before the publishing of Blueprint for Black Power, Nana Wilson passed away - 14th January 1995. He was on the verge of developing a credit union and other institutions around the community businesses and organisations he was involved in.
Nana Amos Wilson laid a Blueprint. He did his work. Now we honour him the best way we know how - profiling those who are building on this illustrious legacy, engaging the Blueprint in thought and action.
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KEYNOTE ADDRESSES
BRO. LDR. MBANDAKA
Spiritual Leader of the Alkebu-Lan Revivalist Movement. Political-Cultural Scientist/veteran activist.
IS AFRIKA REALLY RISING?
DISSECTING THE PROPAGANDA
QUEEN TAESE
Queen of Homeschooling, founder of Liberated Minds Black Homeschool & Educational Institute
EDUCATING OUR CHILDREN:
THE POWER IS IN THE ACTIVATION
The Afrikan Rising Narrative has been dominating the world of Geo-Politics for close to a decade. With headlines such as "AFRIKA IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS" & "SEVEN OF THE 10 FASTEST GROWING ECONOMIES IS ON THE AFRIKAN CONTINENT"; alongside a number of high profile summits with Europe & Asia, it would seem that Afrika is the midst of an economic surge. After decades of reports consisting almost exclusively of poverty, corrupt governments, human rights violation and virtual no industrial infrastructure, it would seem we have something to celebrate.
Ghana Year of Return indicates the rising interest in Repatriation among Diasporan Afrikans. It seems strange therefore, that the ideologies associated with luminaries such as Winnie Mandela, Walter Rodney, Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah etc... are increasingly considered "outdated" in favour of this modern equivalent that claims to be a more pragmatic approach.
But who is the author of the Afrika Rising Narrative? What of the economic and political indicators being used to support this idea? Are the living standards of Afrikan people improving on the whole? Bro. Ldr. Mbandaka will explore all this and more - assessing the viable avenues for self-reliant Nation Building!
Let's celebrate Nana Amos Wilson by examining and implementing his work in our daily lives in order to transmit a culture of excellence in all that we do. The maximum power of his message lies in our ability, as Afrikan people, to transform his crucial concepts into concrete action steps for the cultivation of our youth. And through their development, we also heal and grow as adults.
This sharing will examine some of the most powerful principles of Afrikan-centered education highlighted by Nana Amos Wilson and provide practical tools and an opportunity to reflect, reform, and refine ourselves at a core level using our culture as our cure.
With each movement being calibrated, calculated, and intentionally aimed at developing our children from the spirit, the body will follow translating to our very DNA on a cellular level and commanding the mind to function in alignment with our true LIBERATION! Please come prepared with a notebook and pen. As for the second half of this presentation, we will be engaging in some personal inner work as it pertains to the awakening of your own inner genius creating a visual roadmap for stimulating positive change.
HOSTED BY
ShakaRa
Founder of Medukation
WITH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM
SABABU N. PLATA
Co-Founder of Afrikan World Info Systems
WORD OF REFLECTION
MIN. MALAK
Afrikan World Federation
WORD OF LEGACY
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We have teamed up with Afrikan World Info Systems to bring you a very special opportunity. Purchase the "BLACK POWER" Ticket - you will automatically enter our special prize draw, and be in with a chance to win 2 Nana Amos Wilson Books of your choice.
BIOGRAPHIES OF OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Brother Leader Mbandaka is the Spiritual Leader of the Alkebu-Lan Revivalist Movement, a Nationalist Pan-Afrikanist Liberation Movement founded on an authentic Afrikan Spirituo-Cultural Philosophy/Faith called Alkebu-Lan Livity and adherent to the Nationalist Pan-Afrikanist legacies of the Most Eminent Prophet and King, His Excellency Marcus Mosiah Garvey and the Eminent Prophet and King Omowale Malcolm X. In addition to being a community activist and organiser of 30 years standing, he is a proud father of four and grandfather of one. All of Brother Mbandaka’s work is Afrikan-centred, specializing in Religion and Spirituality, Education and schooling, Afrikan/Black history, Political Science and culture, Afrikan family dynamics, and Rites of Passage.
As a Cultural-Educational Consultant, he specialises in raising the achievement of Afrikan-Heritage students through positive cultural self-identification and has authored the highly enlightening Book and accompanying DVD Education: An Afrikan-Centered Approach to Excellence. As a Pupil Advocate, Brother Mbandaka has successfully defended numerous Afrikan Youth against the injustices within the British Education system. His work around Rites of Passage has received acclaim from across the spectrum of the Afrikan community, particularly his solution oriented emphasis on Afrikan youth overcoming the devastating cultural, psychological and social factors that continue to blight many young lives.
Through the Alkebu-Lan Revivalist Movement Bro. Leader has dedicated himself to the resurrection of the Afrikan way of life (“Return to The Way!”), through the building of Afrikan Institutions like Mama Afrika Kulcha Shap, The Alkebu-Lan Academy of Excellence, The Whirlwind Newspaper and Alkebu-Lan Blessings through which he revives and conducts Afrikan modes of worship and life cycle blessings (e.g. naming, passing over, marriage, initiation, etc.).
On the 20th January 2014, Brother Leader Mbandaka was appointed by President General Senghor Jawara Baye (9th Successor of The Most Eminent Prophet & King His Excellecny Marcus Mosiah Garvey) as the official UK Ambassador for the UNIA-ACL.
Bro. Ldr. Mbandaka is well versed and speaks eloquently and incisively on a wide range of subjects and is an in demand speaker at community events, conferences, seminars, workshops, radio and TV. He is well known for his ability to analyse issues from an uncompromising Nationalist Pan-Afrikanist perspective, crystallising the complexities, by simply talking it straight and making it plain.
Queen Taese, also known as the Queen of Black Homeschooling, is an award winning master educator for 20+ years, a 3 category bestselling author, international keynote speaker, curriculum developer, Black homeschool/educational consultant, and visionary who is a trailblazing business woman and homeschool mother for over 23 years. She has worked directly with over 50,000 Black children and families in diverse settings and has now officially expanded her brand to 12 countries having an even greater impact throughout the Afrikan Diaspora.
Queen Taese and her works have been featured on everything from NBC and Huffington Post to Your Black World, Voyage ATL and more. She also loves her work with the Cares Mentoring Movement founded by the former Essence editor-in-chief, Susan Taylor, in which she has done staff development, certified yoga instruction, and facilitated her “Little Seeds To Baobab Trees” early childhood development program. She has taught and learned from thousands of children, as well as designed Afrikan-centered curricula, educational tools, resources, children’s events, and cultural conferences globally. To name a few, some of those entities are Roots to Fruits Homeschool & Cultural Collective of which she serves as director, The Children’s Afrikan Ball, The Children of The Sun Fun Fest, The Watoto Kwanzaa Jamboree, Brunch By The Baobab Tree, The Children’s Afrikan Cinema, Indigo Vibes Yoga, The Brown Baby Soul Lounge, and her signature gathering, The Liberated Minds Black Homeschool and Education Expo that draws thousands of Black people from all over the US and around the world featuring hundreds of Black scholars, homeschoolers and educators. Queen Taese is excited to now be preparing for the Liberated Minds Expo’s 10th Anniversary Global Celebration! To add even more, Queen Taese, is the editor and a writer for the Liberated Minds Black Homeschool & Education Magazine and the creator of the Liberated Minds Black Education Resource Directory App (available on Apple & Google), which both are the first of its kind.
Since then, Queen Taese has founded the Liberated Minds Black Homeschool & Educational Institute, which is an educational empire forging a new reality for the wholistic cultivation of children throughout the Afrikan Diaspora. Its tri-fold mission consists of the cultural development of Black children as scholars, leaders, passion-preneurs, and innovators that serve the Black community; empowerment of the Black family, and the creation and maintenance of the intergenerational wealth that is needed to shape a future full of prosperity, power, and legacy. The Liberated Minds Black Homeschool & Education Institute features an online campus for both youth and adults, and a remarkable membership while serving as a pillar that provides culturally relevant resources, trainings, and vast options of everyday support for a true ”Liberation Lifestyle.”
Queen Taese continues to create and provide support to culturally conscious community projects and endeavors aimed at Liberating the Minds of Afrikan families everywhere. She is currently traveling to share her story as a speaker, passion-preneur coach, and master class facilitator offering information, inspiration, “ancient-innovative” perspectives, and mind-bending tools and techniques that have proven to be life-changing for those
who use them.
Professor Amos N. Wilson was a former social case worker, supervising probation officer, psychological counselor, training administrator in the New York City Department of Juvenile Justice and Assistant Professor of Psychology at the City University of New York.
Born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi in 1941, Amos completed his undergraduate degree at the acclaimed Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia. He later migrated to New York where he attained his Ph.D. from Fordham University. Familiarly referred to as Brother Amos, he availed himself for numerous appearances at educational, cultural and political organizations such as the First World Alliance, the Afrikan Poetry Theatre, Afrikan Echoes, House of Our Lord Church, the Patrice Lumumba Coalition, the Slave Theatre and CEMOTAP to name just a few. His travels took him throughout the United States, to Canada and the Caribbean.
Dr. Wilson's activities transcended academia into the field of business, owning and operating various enterprises in the greater New York area.