About us
Our vision
To provide an environment for learners from all over the world to discover Africa using authentic curriculum units which showcase a true picture of Africa and it’s past; to provide an inclusive, diverse and equitable curriculum that recognizes Africa as a contributor to the world’s economy.
Our mission
To provide a rich, diverse, informative and learning platform for Discovering Africa.
Our Core values
- We appreciate culture.
- Community Engagement.
- We encourage Global Citizenship.
- We are inclusive.
- We offer a safe environment .
- Ubuntu is our philosophy
Our amazing team
Odilia Anyachi Okonga- Founder
Is a passionate advocate for educational reform in Africa. She believes that education is the most potent catalyst for change on the continent. Odilia strongly supports African-centered curricula and emphasizes the importance of amplifying African voices and images in educational settings. She is an educator who documents and develops resources on African education for students in elementary, secondary, and higher education. Through storytelling, she
effectively incorporates African folktales into social studies lessons. She is a published author of Swahili grammar books and a Swahili teacher. She is also a motivational speaker and co- founder of Kemet Awards for Achievement in African Languages, striving to promote and develop African mother tongues. She is a fierce guardian of African culture.
Dr. Rahab Njeri
Studied British and North American History, African Studies, and English Studies at the University of Cologne. She holds a Ph.D. in the International Research Group “IRTG 1864 Diversity” at the University of Trier, with a focus on the construction and representation of Blackness in Canadian cities from 1960 to 1990. Her academic interests span Black Feminism, Africana Womanist Studies, Postcolonial Studies, and Critical Whiteness Studies.
Njeri is actively engaged in anti-racism efforts and serves on the University of Köln’s Referat for Gender and Diversity Management and is also a Board member of Klima Freunde in Germany.
Roos Keja
Is an ethnographer and educational specialist. She holds a Ph.D. from the Institute for Ethnography at Goethe University Frankfurt and master’s degrees in Cultural Anthropology (Utrecht University) and African Studies (Leiden University). Her research interests include socialisation and education of children, migration, digital activism and civic-ness, and participative research with children and young people. Besides her teaching expertise at the higher education and elementary levels, she has experience as a researcher and consultant for actors in the field of development cooperation in West Africa. As a community organiser, she managed educational debates and elementary school music projects in urban areas in the Netherlands and Belgium. She is a board member of MOWAD, a migrant organisation for African people.
Dr. Otieno Ong’ayo (Antony)
Is the Ag. Director of the African Institute of Professional and Development Studies (AIPDS) at the University of Eldoret. He holds a Ph.D. in Development Studies from Tilburg University and his master’s and bachelor’s degrees in political science from Stockholm University. His research interests encompass development politics, migration, Diaspora transnationalism, civil society-state relations, digital citizenship, and decoloniality. He has been a member of the Commission on Development Cooperation (COS) of the Advisory Council on Foreign Affairs (AIV) for the Dutch Government. At the local government level, he has been involved in diaspora engagement with policy makers in the municipality of
The Hague (the Netherlands) on the co-implementation of municipal policies on integration and
participation.
Liesbeth Simone Peroti Akua
Is a performer, composer, and cultural leader who brings music, theatre, and education to life. She was born in Suriname (Caribbean/South America) and studied music pedagogy, performing arts, and musicology at the Rotterdam Conservatory (Netherlands), the Edna Manley College for the Visual and Performing Arts (Jamaica), and the University of Cape Coast (Ghana).
She serves on the Councils and Boards of both national and international organizations, including Naks (National African Culture Suriname), the IHIB (Online Institute for Hebrew Israelite Awareness), the CS (Suriname Conservatory of Music), LMPA (Lisibeti Music Performing Arts), and Gallery Eygi Du. In the field of African Studies, she focuses on Performing Arts (art, music, dance, theatre) as the soul and spirit of culture, and on African Performing Arts as a didactic tool in primary, secondary, and higher education.
