Researching · Understanding · Transforming Afrika
En̄in̄ Afrika Institute is an academic institute with a research focus on Afrika and the Afrikan Diaspora. The institute studies every aspect of Afrikan life, creating space for careful inquiry, knowledge development, and meaningful academic engagement.
Through its work, the Institute seeks to contribute to a deeper understanding of Afrikan societies, histories, cultures, communities, and diasporic experiences — and to translate that understanding into scholarship, teaching, and policy engagement.
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The institute conducts research and engages policy makers where its research intersects with policy. Its work is grounded in academic inquiry and focused on contributing meaningful perspectives on Afrika and the Afrikan Diaspora.
Research focused on Afrika, the Afrikan Diaspora, and the diverse dimensions of Afrikan life.
Engagement with policy makers where research findings connect with relevant policy conversations.
Development of research-based perspectives that support deeper understanding and informed dialogue.
From convenings that bring together leading Afrikan and diasporic scholars to long-form research on culture, philosophy, and public life — these are some of the initiatives currently shaping the Institute’s agenda.
A major international convening honouring two towering figures of Afrikan independence and Pan-Afrikan thought. The conference will gather scholars from Afrika, the Diaspora, and beyond around the enduring questions of sovereignty, self-determination, and continental futures.
Research on decolonising biblical, philosophical, and cultural readings within the Afrikan context — building on traditions from Cheikh Anta Diop and Engelbert Mveng to Jean-Marc Ela and contemporary Afrikan hermeneutics.
Interdisciplinary work at the intersection of moral and political philosophy, examining how histories of slavery, colonialism, and domination shape today’s global inequalities and the ethics of climate policy.
En̄in̄ Afrika Institute is led by a team of scholars whose work spans philosophy, theology, psychology, communications, and the social sciences across Afrika, Europe, and North America.
President
Philosophy Professor at Lincoln University (PA, USA) and creator of the theory “Afrosofia.” An Afrikan-Cameroonian geo-ethical-political philosopher, he examines intersectional theories and social problems from agential, liberative, and conciliatory perspectives, drawing on the ancestral traditions of Cheikh Anta Diop, Engelbert Mveng, Jean-Marc Ela, and Molefi Kete Asante.
Academic Director
Clinical psychologist and neuroscientist; President and Chief Clinical Officer of The Southdown Institute (Ontario). His interdisciplinary scholarship brings psychology, neuroscience, philosophy, culture, and spirituality into dialogue, with a focus on intercultural psychology and the neuropsychology of religious experience.
Treasurer & Financial Administrator
Ghanaian Spiritan and doctor of Sacred Scripture (Catholic University of Paris). A specialist in the New Testament and the Jewish background of the Gospel of John, his research centers on Afrikan biblical hermeneutics that seeks to decolonize the biblical message within the Afrikan context.
Director of Communications
Philosopher affiliated with the University of Notre Dame (USA). His research sits at the intersection of moral and political philosophy, focusing on the normative foundations of climate policy, Afrikan philosophy, the philosophy of race, and the moral legacies of slavery and colonialism.
For inquiries, research-related communication, or policy engagement opportunities, contact the institute using the email below.