Publications By CIBI Authors

The following publications by CIBI authors can be purchased at local bookstores and/or through their respective publishers. Descriptive and order information for each text appears below.

These materials were developed out of the need to incorporate visual and tactile reading activities with culturally relevant images. These phonic and handwriting activities are designed for 4 to 6 year-old pre-readers. Parents can use these activities in conjunction with other pre-reading activities such as alphabet flash cards, alphabet blocks magnetic letters, children's books, and/or alphabet puzzles. The A is for Afrikans four workbook set will help your child develop the basic phonic skills necessary for success in learning to read. In the classroom, teachers can use A is for Afrikans to reinforce visual and auditory discrimination, consonant recognition, color words, and handwriting. These materials can also serve as the core of a phonic learning center. Teachers may reproduce worksheets from this book for classroom use only.

To order the A is for Afrikans workbooks, write to Winnie Mandela Children's Village, c/o Mwalimu Evans, 531 W. Tichenor Street, Compton, CA 90220.

The Operational Philosophy of the AFENA Mentorship Society Rites of Passage Training by Mzee Hannibal Tirus Afrik speaks to the national movement to develop and expand Rites of Passage programs for youth as a positive declaration of cultural affirmation. When the issue of reparations is discussed, community residents are becoming more vocal and vigilant to demand some governmental response to the 400-year impact of our Afrikan Holocaust of enslavement. More Afrikan Americans are now seeking information to practice traditional methods of communal socialization as a means of reestablishing our cultural heritage. This is also an excellent opportunity for parents, teachers and community residents to learn more about the importance of Afrikan rituals and ceremonies as the basis of a positive and new social order.

For ordering and further information, contact Hannibal T. Afrik, CIBI Public Relations Officer, at 104 Shipp Street, Port Gibson, MS 39150.

BEYOND DESEGREGATION The Politics of Quality in African American Schooling, edited by Mwalimu J. Shujaa, focuses on the politics surrounding the pursuit of equality of education in America for African Americans and examines desegregation from its original intent of quality schooling for African Americans to its current incarnation of striving for racial balance in schools. This well-researched, in-depth look at the quality of schooling for African American students presents the views of two dozen scholars. They share their remarkable experiences and their interpretations of how desegregation has changed the content of education for the majority of African Americans. If you are a school administrator, principal, teacher, student of education, education faculty member, or a parent who cares about the quality of education in America, this book has important voices of experience to share with you.
ISBN: 0-8039-6263-0      $34.95 (Corwin Press, Inc., 1996)

Social studies, more than any other area of study, shapes the cultural and ideological perspectives of the developing child. Social studies is a comprehensive area of study which includes subject content from history, geography, civics, political science, economics, government, and anthropology. Given the breadth of the social studies curriculum and dynamic nature of human societies, much of the content will change as society changes. This curriculum guide has been designed to facilitate the cultural development of the Afrikan American child. It has been designed to foster the firm self concept and clear sense of direction and purpose that attends a culturally appropriate curriculum design and a self reflective learning environment. The social studies curriculum guide presented here consists of three components. The first component consists of working definitions and important concepts concerning the curriculum. The second component consists of the year-end behavioral objectives for each academic level.
ISBN: 0-932415-48-2    $7.95 (Red Sea Press, Inc., 1990)

GOING TO SCHOOL: The African-American Experience

Kofi Lomotey, Editor

In this ground-breaking book, noted scholars/educators respond to the persistent, pervasive and disproportionate underachievement of African-American student s in public schools. In the process, they illustrate various aspects of the dilemma with a wide range of views and address the complexity of the topic by including a consideration of the factors that impact upon the academic achievement of African-American students. Lomotey considers the implications for research, policy and practice related to African-American academic achievement.

ISBN 0-7914-0318-1 (State University of New York Press, 1990)

In NATIONBUILDING, Agyei Akoto has produced a volume that challenges all Afrikan people, particularly those of us in the United States, to confront with seriousness the responsibilities of educating for liberation, and the reality that the goal of liberation must be nationhood. This book is a masterpiece of vision. More importantly, by writing candidly about the experience produced by 20 years of sustained kazi (work) within a collective of creative thinkers and doers, the author helps readers understand how the wisdom he reveals in NATIONBUILDING was developed. One appreciates, through Agyei's writing that nationbuilding is the process that gives us form and substance within humanity; it is through this process that we create and recreate the culture that defines our lives. This is a book for the serious and the committed. Read it!

ISBN: 0-9634558-0-X     $14.95 (Pan Afrikan World Institute, 1992)

ISBN: 0-9634558-4-2 $22.00
The Sankofa Movement: ReAfrikanization and the Reality of War by Kwame Agyei and Akua Nson Akoto addresses the unresolved issues of survival and development raised by such luminaries as Marcus Garvey, Martin Delaney, Drusilla Houston, Yaa Asantewa, Kwame Nkrumah, Franz Fanon, Kinjikitile Ngwale, Kimanthi, Omowale (Malcolm X), Queen Mother Moore, Cheik Anta Diop, John Henrik Clarke, kwk. It also provides extensive terminology, definitions, concepts and guidelines that fully operationalize what has been named (by the authors) the Sankofa Movement. History, culture and the nature of reality are reconceptualized and centered in traditional Afrikan cosmology. The text is well documented; written with passion and conviction. The paradigm presented in the text draws its strength from the antiquity of its core principles, the full incorporation of traditional shrine consultations, the traditions of Afrikan "deep thought", and lucid and probing historical and contemporary social analysis. Additionally, its development has been informed by the ongoing study and application by core families and persons over nearly three decades.
To order copies, all inquires should be addressed to Oyoko InfoCom, Inc., 3425 Sherman Ave., NW, Washington, D.C. 20010-1518   (202) 726-7294

TOO MUCH SCHOOLING TOO LITTLE EDUCATION: A Paradox of Black Life in White societies, Mwalimu J. Shujaa, editor

Too Much Schooling, Too Little Education: A Paradox of Black Life in White Societies, with its educational focus, fits into the Afrocentric school of thought with its aim to develop subject-centered analysis and solutions for African children. This book is an attempt to illustrate and demonstrate some of the ways we can use our cultural base to educate children. There is nothing unfamiliar to the reader about this process; it has been the fundamental process of education in all societies. You cannot leave the education of your children simply to those whose purposes are different from your own and expect the children to grow up and follow the path of your ancestors.

ISBN: 0-86543-386-0     $16.95 (Africa World Press, Inc., 1994)

The genesis of The Storytellers, written by Karume Jumal, was a small seed planted twenty-six years ago by a teacher who was a storyteller herself. Mwalimu (Mama) Nachisali was a beautiful, animated lady who thrilled her students with stories that usually included the students, and always included secret passages, strange creatures, and terrible monsters. Somehow, the stories always ended with the students triumphing over the monsters, and invariably, they would save their teachers, families, or their school, Omowale Ujamaa. That was the early seventies. In the mid-eighties, Karume stood in front of a class as a Mwalimu and wanted to excite his students about education as he had been. Mwalimu Karume's students were his inspiration to tell and write the stories that Mama Nachisali and other Omowale teachers had inspired in him.

To order copies of The StoryTellers, write to Griot Publishing or send $19.75 (plus $3.00 for shipping & handling) to: Griot Publishing
P.O. Box 1064, Pasadena, CA 91102

TV'S Talking But We Don't Have To Listen: An Analysis and Alternatives for Afrikans by Baba Sankiya and Mama Makini Anwisye

In her 1979 CIBI-published book, Should Television Be The Primary Educator of Our Youth?, Niani Kilkenny, media analyst, concludes that television is "the ruling class' most important tool for promoting their ideology" and is "(Western) society's dominant propaganda machine." Haki Madhabuti wrote in his 1978 book, Enemies: The Class of Races, that television is "the most dangerous weapon of the Twentieth Century." Television - a weapon? A propaganda machine? A mind-duller? What are the bases for such strong assertions? Can television affect intellectual and educational development? Does it have the potential to influence the attitudes and behaviors of people? If so, how? This book examines these questions, particularly as they result to Afrikan people in the U.S.A.

$10.00 + $2.00 S/H and available through Imani Publications at 1724 North Taylor, St. Louis, MO 63113; (314) 382-0720

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SAILING AGAINST THE WIND: African Americans and Women in U.S. Education, Kofi Lomotey, editor

Experienced American educators discuss the impact of social inequalities created by racism and sexism on the U.S. educational system. Sailing Against the Wind addresses the issue of inequality in U.S. education. The book includes exemplary programs to show where educators are addressing problems of racial and gender inequity. The authors are experienced practitioners who work in the educational institutions that they describe and analyze. The consistent theme is that only through political opposition to the status quo and through a demand for social justice will the system change, will inequities be eliminated, and will existing power relationships in society be altered.

Kofi Lomotey is Senior Vice-President and Provost at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. He edited Going to School: The African-American Experience and (with Philip G. Altbach ) The Racial Crisis in American Higher Education, both published by SUNY Press.

ISBN 0-7914-3192-4   State University of New York Press, 1997

TRUTH CRUSHED TO THE EARTH WILL RISE AGAIN: The East Organization and the Principles and Practice of Black Nationalist Development, Kwasi Konadu

This book examines the historical, socio-political and cultural significance of "The East." It explores the efforts of The East to build and sustain viable community and family-centered institutions in the context of nation(alist) building. Nation building is defined here as the conscious and focused application of African people's collective resources, energies and knowledge to the task of liberating and developing the psychic and physical space that Africans identify as theirs. Nationalist is used here to properly situate The East experience in the context and continuum of Black nationalist thought and praxis and its efforts to build upon this tradition.

Kwasi Konadu is Co-Executive Officer of the Council of Black Institutions (CIBI), Assistant Professor of History at Winston-Salem State University, and author of Indigenous Medicine and Knowledge System in African Society (Routledge, 2007).

ISBN 1-59221-280-8   $24.95 (Africa World Press, 2005)

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	These materials were developed out of the need to incorporate visual and tactile reading activities with culturally relevant images. These phonic and handwriting activities are designed for 4 to 6 year-old pre-readers. Parents can use these activities in conjunction with other pre-reading activities such as alphabet flash cards, alphabet blocks magnetic letters, children's books, and/or alphabet puzzles. The *A is for Afrikans* four workbook set will help your child develop the basic phonic skills necessary for success in learning to read. In the classroom, teachers can use A is for Afrikans to reinforce visual and auditory discrimination, consonant recognition, color words, and handwriting. These materials can also serve as the core of a phonic learning center. Teachers may reproduce worksheets from this book for classroom use only. To order the A is for Afrikans workbooks, write to Winnie Mandela Children's Village, c/o Mwalimu Evans, 531 W. Tichenor Street, Compton, CA 90220.
	The Operational Philosophy of the AFENA Mentorship Society Rites of Passage Training by Mzee Hannibal Tirus Afrik speaks to the national movement to develop and expand Rites of Passage programs for youth as a positive declaration of cultural affirmation. When the issue of reparations is discussed, community residents are becoming more vocal and vigilant to demand some governmental response to the 400-year impact of our Afrikan Holocaust of enslavement. More Afrikan Americans are now seeking information to practice traditional methods of communal socialization as a means of reestablishing our cultural heritage. This is also an excellent opportunity for parents, teachers and community residents to learn more about the importance of Afrikan rituals and ceremonies as the basis of a positive and new social order. For ordering and further information, contact Hannibal T. Afrik, CIBI Public Relations Officer, at 104 Shipp Street, Port Gibson, MS 39150.
	BEYOND DESEGREGATION The Politics of Quality in African American Schooling, edited by Mwalimu J. Shujaa, focuses on the politics surrounding the pursuit of equality of education in America for African Americans and examines desegregation from its original intent of quality schooling for African Americans to its current incarnation of striving for racial balance in schools. This well-researched, in-depth look at the quality of schooling for African American students presents the views of two dozen scholars. They share their remarkable experiences and their interpretations of how desegregation has changed the content of education for the majority of African Americans. If you are a school administrator, principal, teacher, student of education, education faculty member, or a parent who cares about the quality of education in America, this book has important voices of experience to share with you. ISBN: 0-8039-6263-0 $34.95 (Corwin Press, Inc., 1996)
	Social studies, more than any other area of study, shapes the cultural and ideological perspectives of the developing child. Social studies is a comprehensive area of study which includes subject content from history, geography, civics, political science, economics, government, and anthropology. Given the breadth of the social studies curriculum and dynamic nature of human societies, much of the content will change as society changes. This curriculum guide has been designed to facilitate the cultural development of the Afrikan American child. It has been designed to foster the firm self concept and clear sense of direction and purpose that attends a culturally appropriate curriculum design and a self reflective learning environment. The social studies curriculum guide presented here consists of three components. The first component consists of working definitions and important concepts concerning the curriculum. The second component consists of the year-end behavioral objectives for each academic level. ISBN: 0-932415-48-2 $7.95 (Red Sea Press, Inc., 1990)
	GOING TO SCHOOL: The African-American Experience Kofi Lomotey, Editor In this ground-breaking book, noted scholars/educators respond to the persistent, pervasive and disproportionate underachievement of African-American student s in public schools. In the process, they illustrate various aspects of the dilemma with a wide range of views and address the complexity of the topic by including a consideration of the factors that impact upon the academic achievement of African-American students. Lomotey considers the implications for research, policy and practice related to African-American academic achievement. ISBN 0-7914-0318-1 (State University of New York Press, 1990)
	In NATIONBUILDING, Agyei Akoto has produced a volume that challenges all Afrikan people, particularly those of us in the United States, to confront with seriousness the responsibilities of educating for liberation, and the reality that the goal of liberation must be nationhood. This book is a masterpiece of vision. More importantly, by writing candidly about the experience produced by 20 years of sustained kazi (work) within a collective of creative thinkers and doers, the author helps readers understand how the wisdom he reveals in NATIONBUILDING was developed. One appreciates, through Agyei's writing that nationbuilding is the process that gives us form and substance within humanity; it is through this process that we create and recreate the culture that defines our lives. This is a book for the serious and the committed. Read it! ISBN: 0-9634558-0-X $14.95 (Pan Afrikan World Institute, 1992)
ISBN: 0-9634558-4-2 $22.00	*The Sankofa Movement: ReAfrikanization and the Reality of War* by Kwame Agyei and Akua Nson Akoto addresses the unresolved issues of survival and development raised by such luminaries as Marcus Garvey, Martin Delaney, Drusilla Houston, Yaa Asantewa, Kwame Nkrumah, Franz Fanon, Kinjikitile Ngwale, Kimanthi, Omowale (Malcolm X), Queen Mother Moore, Cheik Anta Diop, John Henrik Clarke, kwk. It also provides extensive terminology, definitions, concepts and guidelines that fully operationalize what has been named (by the authors) the *Sankofa Movement. History, culture and the nature of reality are reconceptualized and centered in traditional Afrikan cosmology. The text is well documented; written with passion and conviction. The paradigm presented in the text draws its strength from the antiquity of its core principles, the full incorporation of traditional shrine consultations, the traditions of Afrikan "deep thought", and lucid and probing historical and contemporary social analysis. Additionally, its development has been informed by the ongoing study and application by core families and persons over nearly three decades. To order copies, all inquires should be addressed to Oyoko InfoCom, Inc., 3425 Sherman Ave., NW, Washington, D.C. 20010-1518 (202) 726-7294*
	TOO MUCH SCHOOLING TOO LITTLE EDUCATION: A Paradox of Black Life in White societies, Mwalimu J. Shujaa, editor Too Much Schooling, Too Little Education: A Paradox of Black Life in White Societies, with its educational focus, fits into the Afrocentric school of thought with its aim to develop subject-centered analysis and solutions for African children. This book is an attempt to illustrate and demonstrate some of the ways we can use our cultural base to educate children. There is nothing unfamiliar to the reader about this process; it has been the fundamental process of education in all societies. You cannot leave the education of your children simply to those whose purposes are different from your own and expect the children to grow up and follow the path of your ancestors. ISBN: 0-86543-386-0 $16.95 (Africa World Press, Inc., 1994)
	The genesis of *The Storytellers, written by Karume Jumal, was a small seed planted twenty-six years ago by a teacher who was a storyteller herself. Mwalimu (Mama) Nachisali* was a beautiful, animated lady who thrilled her students with stories that usually included the students, and always included secret passages, strange creatures, and terrible monsters. Somehow, the stories always ended with the students triumphing over the monsters, and invariably, they would save their teachers, families, or their school, Omowale Ujamaa. That was the early seventies. In the mid-eighties, Karume stood in front of a class as a Mwalimu and wanted to excite his students about education as he had been. Mwalimu Karume's students were his inspiration to tell and write the stories that Mama Nachisali and other Omowale teachers had inspired in him. To order copies of The StoryTellers, write to Griot Publishing or send $19.75 (plus $3.00 for shipping & handling) to: Griot Publishing P.O. Box 1064, Pasadena, CA 91102
	TV'S Talking But We Don't Have To Listen: An Analysis and Alternatives for Afrikans by Baba Sankiya and Mama Makini Anwisye In her 1979 CIBI-published book, Should Television Be The Primary Educator of Our Youth?, Niani Kilkenny, media analyst, concludes that television is "the ruling class' most important tool for promoting their ideology" and is "(Western) society's dominant propaganda machine." Haki Madhabuti wrote in his 1978 book, Enemies: The Class of Races, that television is "the most dangerous weapon of the Twentieth Century." Television - a weapon? A propaganda machine? A mind-duller? What are the bases for such strong assertions? Can television affect intellectual and educational development? Does it have the potential to influence the attitudes and behaviors of people? If so, how? This book examines these questions, particularly as they result to Afrikan people in the U.S.A. $10.00 + $2.00 S/H and available through Imani Publications at 1724 North Taylor, St. Louis, MO 63113; (314) 382-0720
[no image]	SAILING AGAINST THE WIND: African Americans and Women in U.S. Education, Kofi Lomotey, editor Experienced American educators discuss the impact of social inequalities created by racism and sexism on the U.S. educational system. Sailing Against the Wind addresses the issue of inequality in U.S. education. The book includes exemplary programs to show where educators are addressing problems of racial and gender inequity. The authors are experienced practitioners who work in the educational institutions that they describe and analyze. The consistent theme is that only through political opposition to the status quo and through a demand for social justice will the system change, will inequities be eliminated, and will existing power relationships in society be altered. Kofi Lomotey is Senior Vice-President and Provost at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. He edited Going to School: The African-American Experience and (with Philip G. Altbach ) The Racial Crisis in American Higher Education, both published by SUNY Press. ISBN 0-7914-3192-4 State University of New York Press, 1997