Molefi Kete Asante is a truth seeker and a warrior for humanity. His view of mankind is that there is only one “race”, that of Homo-sapiens. To this end, Asante has steadfastly argued for the liberation of the most oppressed of this species. As an Afrocentrist, he believes that everything needed to advance humanity can be found in the wisdom of ancient African teachings. Africa’s Gifts or the Spirit, clarifies and illuminates the power of “Nyanga” which is in itself a gift from Mother Africa, one that has been transmitted across generations throughout space and time. 

Molefi Kete Asante is Professor, Department of Africology at Temple University in Philadelphia.  He is the President of the Molefi Kete Asante Institute for Afrocentric Studies.  Asante is Professor Extraordinarius at the University of South Africa. He was the Founding Editor, Journal of Black Studies, serving for 53 years.  Selected as the first director of UCLA’s Center for Afro-American Studies, he established the interdisciplinary MA program, and set up the UCLA Center’s African American Library.  Asante, often called the most prolific African American scholar, has published over 100 books.

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