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 AFRICAN INSPIRED HAIRSTYLES Salons remain a thriving business on the African continent even during difficult financial times. It may be fair to say that African inspired hairstyles are even MORE popular with African descendant women in the United States as we can see here. I eagerly wait to see what my […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS Fertile Ground For Innovation The likelihood of young African inventors making ground-breaking innovations lies more in having broad general knowledge, experience, and interests than in deep and narrow expertise in one field. A broadly knowledgeable individual is more valuable than a team of specialist, thus a team of broadly knowledgeable individuals […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS African Innovation Mentors Fortunately for Africa, there is no shortage of innovation talent. This awakening Giant will see earth shaking changes through the solutions which will be brought to bear on Africa’s problems. For example, read “Nurturing wealth of innovations among the youth“. Because of my past professional experiences in education […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS Listening To Brother Bird Sadly, most of us have forgotten the wonders and joys of early childhood. When you are born and raised in a certain part of the world, that locale gives you most of what you learn and know. Its magic and wonder eventually fades into tame familiarity so […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS Sarafina! As tensions of apartheid spread across South Africa, many students revolts to massive stone throw, a demonstration that comes in a wake of the introduction of Afrikaans language as a means of teaching. This sparks riots among school age young people who have resolved to do what it takes for […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS INNOVATION KNOWS NO BOUNDS Creativity can apply to solving social problems, making potable water, developing sustainable energy systems, healing sickness, developing affordable housing, or creating a recipe for a dazzling new soft drink… Coca Cola has become a global soft drink behemoth after introducing its highly sought after beverages. One of […]
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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 Distorted Perceptions and Geopolitics This Clever Map Shows the True Size of Countries MAPS: Distorted Perceptions and Geopolitics In a more globally connected world, geographic literacy is more important than ever. As young African students see distorted views of non African lands they develop misconceptions about the size of continents and […]
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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 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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MEMBERS & VISITORS Some of us gave up on our roots… America has done a magnificent head job on all of its participants. This is why the wheat is now being separated from the chaff and the step into tomorrow is not guaranteed. SMH One of Mary J. Blige’s earliest lyrics, from her breakout […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS Modern American Slave Auction U.S. School Holds Mock Slave Auction of Its African American Students Although the current year is 2022, white America and its youth are still engaging in beliefs and activities which are meant, at their core, to further entrench the institution of white supremacy on the american population. […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS: World’s Top Architect of 2022 Architecture’s Top Prize in 2022 Goes to Architect From West Africa Growing up in a poor village in Burkina Faso, Francis Kéré didn’t play soccer with the other boys. He helped fix houses. After winning a scholarship to a vocational school for carpentry in Germany and […]
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