Mwalimu K. Bomani Baruti's Page

My queen Ena Yaa and I cofounded and are co-directors of Akoben Institute, a full-time and afterschool Afrikan centered homeschooling program in its 9th year. We opened Akoben Institute after ending a combined 22 years of college teaching to homeschool our, then, seventh grade daughter Adwoa Foluke. It became a formal institution after several of Adwoa's classmates' parents impresson on us the desire to include their children as students. There is no question that this dream would have eventually happened anyway, but conditions in the community, the needs of our children and the demands of Spirit often determine when a truly revoltionary vision will come to fruition. In the working tradition of education as a well rounded, pratical, lifelong adventure, Akoben Institute offers not only typical academic courses, wholly grounded in our interpretation of reality, but students are also able to test their genius at chess, carpentry, masonry and other "technical" skills as a normal part of their curriculum. Now, Akoben Institute also offers evening adult (& family) education classes, both at the Institute and on-line. I have lectured internationally and have written a number of books on issues confronting our community. They include: Excuses, Excuses; negroes and other essays; Chess Primer; The Sex Imperative; Homosexuality and the Effeminization of Afrikan Males; Asafo; Complementarity; Kebuka!; Mentacide; Notes Toward Higher Ideals in Afrikan Intellectual Liberation; Battle Plan; Eureason; Sesh. Nyansasem: A Calender of Revolutionary Daily Thoughts due out this coming November.

Every evening, I also send out what are called Revolutionary Daily Thoughts. They are quotes and proverbs by us designed to daily motivate us to stay clear of other's insanity and keep along the Afrikan Way. It is not a chat line, only the quotes and proverbs (and, periodically, other announcements such as for classes, new publications, coming lectures, etc.) are sent out. If you are interested in signing up you can do so by simply going to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RevolutionaryDailyThoughts and clicking on the bright blue button that reads "Join This Group!" You will then begin to receive these daily quotes and proverbs.You can remove your name from the list at any time. If you have any problems, just let me know.

This summer I will be teaching an online course titled Racism & Culture every Wednesday night from 7:30-9pm over a six-week period from July16 - August 20. Class topics (taken from my negroes and other essays book) include The New Humanity and Shackles; The Cultural Continuum; The Truth of Liars and Inner Vision; Black Capital; Racism, Colorism and Power; and negroes. I invite every Afrikan to with an interest to be a part of this. Information and registration are available at http://www.abibitumikasa.com/baruti.htm.