Our Mission
AAI bridges Africa and its diaspora to catalyze a more sustainable and equitable world.
Our modern world is shaped by educational systems that perpetuate a false ideology of human hierarchy and inaccurate understandings of how the world was created. We are building long-term strategies to cast away this legacy so that we can unlock global progress for all.
AAI believes that accurate, unbiased, and accessible education will advance justice - eliminating harmful norms, assumptions, and frameworks. Fundamental to our work is liberatory education - centering scholarly and unbiased information about the creation of the modern world. We believe that supporting scholarship devoid of bias is a long-term solution to addressing these consequences and legacies. AAI envisions a world where Africa’s rich and powerful place in history is recognized, and that the systemic injustice embedded in our global systems can be dismantled through education, dialogue, and community.
This is why, at the Africa-America Institute, we take a transcontinental, multifaceted approach - bridging Africa and its diaspora in the Americas to catalyze a more sustainable and equitable world.
Our programs span across four impact pillars: Liberatory Education; Global Healing & Repair; Economic Sovereignty; and Community Building. Each body of work informs and synergizes the other, creating simultaneous action and leverage for deeper impact.
AAI has a storied institutional history, deep partnerships and convening power, and a commitment to excellence that, for the past 70 years, has catalyzed a more sustainable and equitable world.
AAI IMPACT PILLARS
Liberatory Education
AAI is reframing knowledge, re-orienting identities, and shifting mindsets to eliminate the ideology of human hierarchy through accurate, unbiased, and accessible education.
Community Building
We are fostering a community of leaders and partners who are catalyzing a more equitable and sustainable world, locally and globally.
Global Healing & Repair
AAI is pioneering a unified dialogue on healing and repair for Africa, the Global African Diaspora, and between.
Economic Sovereignty
AAI works in support of African nations to identify and realize greater opportunities for economic sovereignty.
AAI bridges Africa and its diaspora to catalyze a more sustainable and equitable world.