The Mission

The Molefi Kete Asante Institute creates spaces for discussion, critical engagement with principal speakers, and frank talk with all stakeholders in the rise of African consciousness. We hold book signings, symposia, conferences, and lectures to elevate the reporting of factual information about the condition of the African world. 

Our network is international and through our programming, training, and teaching we interact with other organizations devoted to creating a worldwide consciousness of history and culture. We see the effects of colonialism and enslavement on the African world, and especially in the United States, Brazil, Colombia, and Caribbean nations. We intend to impact entire communities that have fixated upon self-hatred, negative portrayals of Africans, deception, and the defeat of African agency.

Among the recent and upcoming topics are decolonizing curricula, democratizing politics, food security, economic transformation, Afrocentric governance, classical African models for contemporary issues, and Afrocentric educational practices for public and private schools.

The Institute’s publications are distributed widely in reports, books, articles and pamphlets as well as other forms such as flyer and brochures to a wide range of stakeholders including domestic and international policy makers, social and health experts, and political and educational leaders.