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The Historical Africa Cultural Center Advisory Board has a Composition and Representation of Africa as Board Members and Officers/Management of the Non-Profit Organization. We have Six Economic/Regional Communities, including the Diaspora. Each region is represented on our Board, in other to truly represent the entire Continent. He is the author of over one hundred (100) articles, chapters, research reports and books, including African Psychology: Toward its Reclamation, Reascension and Revitalization, Seeking the Sakhu: Foundational Writings in African Psychology, The Island of Memes: Haiti’s Unfinished Revolution. Since 1996, he has co-led “The Enyimnyam Project”, a unique and special study-development project designed to connect Africans from the Diaspora with Africans from the continent.
He is a Professor of History and one of Nigeria’s leading academics, who has authored dozens of books and over 150 publications in chapters in books and articles in learned journals. His contributions to Nigerian history span the fields of Military and Strategic Studies, Culture history, Nigeria’s Islamic culture, Yoruba Inter-state Warfare, Nigeria’s Identity Question, among others.
He has been inducted into the fellowship of several academic and national societies including the American College of Physicians (FACP), American Society of Nephrology (FASN), National Kidney Foundation (FNKF), American Society of Diagnostic & Interventional Nephrology (FASDIN), American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (FASNC), International College of Angiology (FICA), American Society of Angiology (FASA), American College of Cardiology (FACC) and the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (FSCAI). He has been recognized in the United States, United Kingdom and Africa for his many contributions to the medical field as well as being one of the pioneers in his field. Dr. Badero believes in giving back and he is involved in medical mission work as well as non-profit organizations that help alleviate the disparity in healthcare delivery especially in Africa and other medically underserved areas across the globe. He is also involved in mentorship programs for young physicians and scientists alike and has been invited by many academic institutions where he teaches resident physicians and medical students periodically. He has been involved in raising awareness of the interrelationship between the heart and kidney through various continuing medical education (CME) and speaking programs. He has served as a consultant to some African Countries in establishing cardio-renal programs, cardiac centers of excellence as well as training and skills transfer.
His research interests include the performance of power in post-independence Africa and identity formation in popular culture in Africa and the African Diaspora. Mũtonya is currently working on migration in Africa and the Caribbean as well as on the AfroMexican identities and representations of blackness in Mexico. (co-edited, 2018); ‘Grammar of Patriarchy’: Women and Elections in Kenya’ (2020); “Language as a Liberation Aesthetic: Ngũgĩ’s Use of Gĩkũyũ in Mũrogi wa Kagogo [Wizard of the Crow] and other Works“ Repensando lo Rural en la Música Popular Africana,” (2019); “Dancing to the Marriage Beat(ing): The Gender Debate in a Gĩkũyũ Popular Music Discourse”, (2018); and “Las Migraciones Transfronterizas en los Países del Caribe” (2018).
Bruce George is a visionary, executive producer, writer, poet, and activist. He was born and raised in New York City. He has written poetry/prose & articles for over 37 years. His work has been published in major magazines, anthologies, and literary publications. He has written testimonials from the likes of Essence Magazine, Emerge Magazine, Class Magazine, Harlem River Press. Bruce has won multiple poetry & talent contests. He has won several awards such as a Peabody Award and a Miky Award for “Russell Simmons Presents, Def Poetry (HBO),” an Upscale Show.
She has lived in and worked in Louisiana, Maryland, California, Nigeria, Kuwait and Dubai and Jamaica. She has traveled to over 30 countries. She is currently the Chief Strategist at Nobles Global Consulting firm which offers a youth leadership academy, travel opportunities through Africa and educational consulting.
In addition to a weekly radio show on WOWD, 94.3 FM , he is the co-founder of a media operation that produces entertainment and educational programming for radio, television and live events under the banner of Jolly Papa. Clients include local businesses, counties, and federal agencies. Eme is also the founder and creative leader of Eme & Heteru, a DC-based Afro-Roots ensemble. He has been honored with several “wammie” award nominations by his peers in the Washington Area Music Association.
About Us
Advisory &
Administrative Board
Baba Dr. W. Ifágbemì Sàngódáre Nobles
Dr. Nobles is Professor Emeritus of Africana Studies and Black Psychology at San Francisco State University; a co-founder (and Past President) of the Association of Black Psychologists; and the founder and Executive Director of the Institute for the Advanced Study of Black Family, Life and Culture, Inc.
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Baba Dr. W. Ifágbemì Sàngódáre Nobles
Senior Advisor
Prof. Siyan Oyeweso
Professor Oyeweso is A distinguished alumnus of University of Ife, Ile-Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), he holds B.A. (Hons) Degree in History (Second Class Upper Division), M.A. History and Ph.D Intellectual History. Oyeweso started his academic career in 1985 as an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of History, Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos State. He attained the rank of Lecturer II in 1987, and was promoted to Lecturer Grade I in 1989 and Senior Lecturer in 1992. He was appointed an Associate Professor in 2001 and Professor in July 2004.
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Prof. Siyan Oyeweso
Board Advisor
Dr. Oluyemi Badero
Dr. Badero has received several awards locally, nationally and internationally. He has also been recognized by the United States Government and received a Congressional award by the US Congress for outstanding medical career and service to humanity. He has published several peer reviewed articles and sits on the editorial board of many scientific journals both national and international. He has also served as a reviewer for the American College of Physician’s medical knowledge self assessment program (MKSAP) as well as the National Kidney Foundation’s continuing medical education (CME) programs.
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Dr. Oluyemi Badero
Board Advisor
Dr. Maina Wa Mutonya
Dr. Maina wa Mũtonya, who holds a doctorate from University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa, is a Kenyan scholar and researcher who writes largely on literature, popular culture and politics in Africa. Dr Mũtonya is currently based in Mexico and is also a senior lecturer at Pwani University, Kenya. He has taught in Mexico, South Africa and Kenya and his research has been published in Africa, Latin America, Europe and the USA.
His other research interests revolve around the broad area of African Studies; African Art, Gĩkũyũ language and culture, Swahili, human rights and democracy, and gender studies. Recent publications include Music and Dance Research in East Africa.Close
Dr. Maina Wa Mutonya
Board Advisor
Bruce George
Bruce George is the founder of the Genius Is Common Movement and co-founder of HBO’s Def Poetry Jam. As a Peabody Award Winner he is a visionary, executive producer, writer, poet and activist.
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Bruce George
Board Advisor
Deniece M. Kuwahara
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Deniece M. Kuwahara
Board Legal Advisor
Zetha Nobles
Zetha is a native of Oakland, California. She was born with Africa in her soul. Zetha studied Psychology at Xavier University in New Orleans, Education at Howard University in Washington, DC and Educational leadership at UC Berkeley. She has served children of the world as a classroom Teacher in Maryland, DC, and California; Vice Principal in California; Principal in California and Kuwait; Assistant Superintendent in Kuwait and; Founding Director of a school in Dubai.
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Zetha Nobles
Director of Administration
Eme Awa
Eme Awa is a creative director, broadcaster, media producer and marketing consultant. Over the last 20 years, he has created, produced and directed theatre, art festivals, trade exhibitions, and music compositions for a variety of institutions including, The Bill Gates Foundation, US Park and Recreation, The Smithsonian Museum of African Art, and The Atlas Theatre in Washington DC.
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Eme Awa
Director of Media Operations