AfricaAmerica Tag

Africa-America Insitute For nearly 70 years, The Africa-America Institute (AAI) has worked to enhance the worldwide understanding of Africa and its diaspora and increase educational opportunities for young Africans. Founded in Washington, D.C. by Dr. Horace Mann Bond, the primary Black president of Lincoln University, and William Leo Hansberry, a professor at Howard University, AAI promotes engagement between Africa and America through education, training and dialogue. A number of the organization’s programs include a STEM scholarship program, partnerships with the NAACP, a faculty service program providing a sturdy K-12 curriculum on Africa and its global diaspora and an annual awards gala celebrating the vast contributions of Africa and its global diaspora. This yr, AAI’s thirty eighth annual awards gala made its in-person return during...