MEMBERS & VISITORS: THE DAY IS COMING SOON IMAGINE WHEN AFRICAN PEOPLE CAN SOLVE ALL OF THE PROBLEMS WHICH ARRIVE WHEN CHALLENGED ___________________________________________ “It was a hot summer day in the small village of Kinshasa, and eight young inventors were hard at work in their makeshift laboratory. Their names were Chiku, Lila, Nkosi, Zuba, […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS MY DAD WAS A GOOD MAN AND I LOVE HIM DEARLY My father, Edward Singer, died on his 88th birthday on February 9, 1999. I miss him dearly but his memory holds a huge place in my heart. At the close of his funeral I just sat on a nearby bench […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS Nigerian Teen: Robot Designer Inventor Isah Auwal Barde, aged 17, created the robot Mutum Mutumi from cardboard and other miscellaneous materials he could find. It took Barde two years to build the robot. He had no funding, so all the parts were found locally or provided by others. He also said […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS CONTINENT WIDE PUSH FOR INNOVATION Children In Freedom School is an Afrocentric primary school in Nakuru, Kenya and was founded by Oku Kanayo and Utheri in 2018. Children in Freedom School aims to reclaim Africa’s glory on the global stage by recognising the greatness inherent in every African child, nurturing it […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS Young Inventors Can Harness Local Resources A primary focus of Invention School is to show apprentice inventors that there is a wealth of local resources to which large amounts of value can be added. In this light, the African leaders who we choose can make vast differences for the better OR […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS LEARNING TREES: Delivering Content On Africa’s Terms LEARNING TREES: Delivering Learning Outcomes On Africa’s Terms A New Earth is forming in Africa and elsewhere and one of the pillars of that formation is the system of education which can successfully bring about that transformation. Starting in the 1960s, various black communities […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS YOUNG APPRENTICE INVENTORS WILL TACKLE THESE PROBLEMS When young minds are given a heads up about some of the challenges that interest them besetting their homeland , their solutions may be percolating for 10 years or more, but you can believe that they will come up with solutions. Aside from writing […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS GO TOGETHER GO TOGETHER The technological progress of Africa and its Diasporans was dramatically broken beginning with slavery and later through its colonization by European powers up to today’s aspirants from China, European Union, America, and India. With the arrival of the 21st century, a new era of an awakened Africa […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS Teacher To Teacher With Mr. Wizard Teacher To Teacher With Mr. Wizard From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I’m Michele Norris. ROBERT SIEGEL, host: And I’m Robert Siegel. We learned today of the death of Don Herbert at age 89. If you’re too young to remember television in the […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS 7 QUESTIONS THAT MUST BE ASKED ABOUT THE SERIES 7 QUESTIONS THAT MUST BE ASKED ABOUT THE GRAPHIC NOVEL SERIES 1. What is the world that the characters inhabit? I use images of people that look a little bit different, like a girl that has a bald head. She shaved her […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS PREPARING A GENERATION OF AFRICAN INVENTORS PREPARING A GENERATION OF AFRICAN INVENTORS I am working hard to implement a real world Invention School for African youth. Given the world’s current state of affairs, the stage is now set for Africans to deeply explore solutions to African problems without being hampered by […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS PULL OURSELVES UP BY OUR BOOTSTRAPS Origin of Pull Yourself up by Your Bootstraps This expression originated in the 1800s. It refers to the ability of a person to lift himself or herself up by pulling on the laces of his or her boots. Of course, this is impossible, so in […]
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