Towards an African Education: Selected Writings on the Education and Development of Children of African Heritage

ISBN: 978-0-692-13548-8
By: El-Kati, Mahmoud

ABOUT THE BOOK

Professor/Elder Mahmoud El-Kati and ten scholars-activists-educators, with collectively over hundreds of years of experience in the successful education of students of African descent, as a collective body of thought, answer the most answerable questions regarding this issue – who, what, why, and how. These community leaders and problem-solvers based in the Twin Cities of Minnesota have produced thought-provoking literary pieces to help our community wrap their minds and hearts around this age-old educational crisis. The education of African/Black children is vital to the survival of African communities locally and globally.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Mahmoud El-Kati

Mahmoud El-Kati is a lecturer, author, and commentator on the African American experience. El-Kati is Professor Emeritus of History at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota. He was also one of the first professors in the African and African American Studies Department at the University of Minnesota. Professor El-Kati was influential in the development of and advisor to the Pan-African Conference at Minnesota State University – Mankato with Dr. Michael Fagin. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, he was lead instructor at The Way Unlimited Inc. in north Minneapolis. His current work includes being an instructor for the Nu Skool of Afrikan American Thought, a monthly community forum organized by Solidarity - Twin Cities.