Nana Amos Wilson (1940-1995) is the Author of many titles including:
- Awakening the Natural Genius of Black Children
- Black on Black Violence: The Psychodynamics of Black Self Annihilation in the Service of White Domination
- Issues Manhood in Black & WHite
- Blueprint for Black Power
He also established Afrikan World Info Systems, a publishing company dedicated to knowledge production, specific to the needs of the Global Afrikan Community. Few, if any, were more prolific in providing a more scientific, solution oriented analysis of the plight of Black people. Shortly before the publishing of Blueprint for Black Power, Nana Wilson passed away – 14th January 1995. He was on the verge of developing a credit union and other institutions around the community businesses and organisations he was involved in.
Nana Amos Wilson laid a Blueprint. He did his work. Now we honour him the best way we know how – profiling those who are building on this illustrious legacy, engaging the Blueprint in thought and action.
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Tickets: £10 Early Bird (Before Dec 31st) | £12 Black Power (Enter the Prize Draw)
KEYNOTE ADDRESSES
DR. BABA BUNTU
BLACK MANHOOD:
THE HEALER, THE WARRIOR, THE REVOLUTIONARY
Dr Baba Buntu is a Community Scholar and Decolonial Practitioner. He is also the Founding Director of eBukhosini Solutions, a people-centered company specializing in Afrikan-Centered Education. As a Pan-Afrikan educator, writer, researcher, mentor and counselor, Baba Buntu has more than 30 years of experience in conceptualizing and implementing programs on cultural literacy, social/epistemic justice, innovative entrepreneurship, youth empowerment and indigenous knowledge – particularly suited for Afrikan applicability.
Dr Buntu’s areas of expertise include research, training facilitation, counseling/therapeutic processes and curriculum development. In 2010 he initiated the SHABAKA – MEN OF AFRIKA; a platform for on activity-based mentoring of Black Men in a process of self-knowledge, restoration and empowering their role within the Afrikan Family and Community. He mentors young, emerging leaders and has designed train-the-trainer programs for entrepreneurs and community organizations.
Based in South Afrika – and working across the different provinces of the country – Baba Buntu has had several international working engagements in parts of Afrika, Europe and the Americas. His articles have appeared in academic journals and anthologies published in South Afrika, Namibia, Nigeria, Norway, UK and the USA. He holds a Doctoral and a Master Degree in Philosophy of Education from UNISA.
eBUKHOSINI SOLUTIONS PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES:
CONSULTANCY & PROJECT DESIGN – Design and coordination of educational programs and methodology, for youth interventions, social development, leadership and cultural education.
KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION & DISSEMINATION – Research, writing and presentations on Afrikan culture, politics and community interventions.
COMMUNITY LIBRARY – Library with more than 300 Afrikan books for education and research
MENTORING & COACHING – Empowering youth with skills for personal growth, leadership and entrepreneurship.
COUNSELLING – Professional counselling for individuals, couples, families and groups, with emphasis on problem solving, coping skills and solutions anchored in cultural empowerment.
WORKSHOPS & SEMINARS – Practical and informative training programs on leadership, organizational development, social cohesion, history, culture and political education.
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DR. ERICA MCINNIS
MENTAL HEALTH IS WEALTH:
AFRIKA-CENTRED GUIDE TO PSYCHOLOGICAL & SPIRITUAL UPLIFTMENT
Dr Erica Mapule McInnis is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist (U.K.) and the Founder, Director, and Principal Clinical Psychologist for Nubia Wellness and Healing www.nubiawellnessandhealing.co.uk
She was inspired by African Psychology when she found it provided her strategies to Rest, Resist, and Persist trauma lived experiences in a global system of White supremacy.
Her Blueprint for Black Power led her to take a Fellowship to the USA (2016) to sit at the feet of those who studied with Dr Amos Wilson, then return to create her own company with Afrikan-centred tools such as:
- ‘Know Thy Self – Adinkra Cards’ (an African-centred therapy engagement tool with diverse applications)
- An ‘African-centred Wellness Journal’ (with over 150 inspirational quotes from people of African ancestry)
- An African-centred ‘Post Pandemic Planning workbook: Being, Belonging, Becoming’.
Her mission is to spread the best of the healing power of African Psychology in creative, accessible, and contemporary ways.
Therefore she developed the first online African Psychology Training School in the UK with courses supported by the Association of Black Psychologists (ABPSi) and approved by the British Psychological Society (BPS) for the purpose of Continuing Professional Education nwah.learnworlds.com
She has publications in several peer-reviewed journals and book chapters. She has over 22 years NHS (National Health Service) experience and is an occasional lecturer for several University Doctorate in Clinical and Counselling Psychology training programmes. She is a full member of the British Psychological Society (BPS) and a Professional Member of the Association of Black Psychologists (ABPsi), a USA based organisation for the enlivenment of the African spirit and promotion of African Psychology.
Recent speaking engagements include African Liberation Day (2020), Kensington Royal Palace (London, 2019), The High Commission for Trinidad and Tobago (Belgravia, London, 2019), a Mental Health Foundation (MHF) Podcast (aired July 2020), a Mentally Yours podcast (aired November 2020), and an interview in a BBC Radio 4 (award-winning ‘Black Girls Don’t Cry’, 2019) programme. She is Black British of Jamaican parentage and proud to serve.
HOSTED BY
ShakaRa
Founder of Medukation.com
SABABU N. PLATA
Co-Founder of Afrikan World Info Systems
WORD OF REFLECTION
WHAT IS A GROUNDATION?
A Groundation (also know as “Groundings”), is a ritual tradition popularised by the Rastafari Movement. Within the Consciousness of Rastafari, the sharing of Knowledge, Wisdom & Overstanding is a primary endeavour. Groundings, therefore are gatherings of people in communal spaces that are designed to inform and elevate the consciousness of the community and by implication inform the application of this knowledge with in the works of the community.
This presupposes the idea that intellectual endeavours should not be confined to the ivory towers of universities; but are in fact most effect when engaged at the grassroots. This overstanding was immortalised by Baba Walter Rodney, when his fellowship with the Rastafari movement in the 1960’s inspire him to write the text “Groundings With My Brothers”.
The example of Nana Amos Wilson makes in clear that he indeed shared; and in fact was was entirely driven by this same consciousness. Nana Amos Wilson was among the most erudite of scholars – at the same time, he was unequivocally a man of the grassroots. As such, we find this a fitting title for an event venerating him.
OUR PREVIOUS GROUNDATION
BABA SABABU N. PLATA
Baba Sababu N. Plata is the Co-Founder of Afrikan World Info Systems(Along with Nana Amos Wilson). He has worked tirelessly to maintain this institution, keep Nana Amos Wilson’s Work in print as well as edit & publish incomplete work Nana Wilson’s incomplete work. Here, he shares a personal testimony on his relationship with Nana Wilson, his own journey into the Movement and the work it has taken to keep this legacy alive. It was an absolute honour to have him endorse this event and agree to feature for an interview. We are eternally grateful to him.
Professor Amos N. Wilson was a former social case worker, supervising probation officer, psychological counselor, training administrator in the New York City Department of Juvenile Justice and Assistant Professor of Psychology at the City University of New York.
Born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi in 1941, Amos completed his undergraduate degree at the acclaimed Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia. He later migrated to New York where he attained his Ph.D. from Fordham University. Familiarly referred to as Brother Amos, he availed himself for numerous appearances at educational, cultural and political organizations such as the First World Alliance, the Afrikan Poetry Theatre, Afrikan Echoes, House of Our Lord Church, the Patrice Lumumba Coalition, the Slave Theatre and CEMOTAP to name just a few. His travels took him throughout the United States, to Canada and the Caribbean
Dr. Wilson’s activities transcended academia into the field of business, owning and operating various enterprises in the greater New York area.