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Rooted in Identity, Designed for Impact
At the Broos Institute, our courses are built on Afrocentric principles—centering African history, thought, and lived realities. Whether you're advancing your academic journey or seeking a deeper understanding of African heritage, our programs offer rigorous, relevant, and transformative learning experiences.
Afrocentric Education
African Philosophy
Freedom Movements
African Political Theory
Start Your Educational Journey Through an Afrocentric Lens
Discover courses that center your identity, history, and future. Join a learning community rooted in purpose and transformation.
Afrocentric Education
This course explores the foundations, practices, and transformative potential of Afrocentric pedagogy. Students will examine the historical roots of education in African societies and assess how contemporary educational systems can be reimagined through culturally grounded frameworks.
What You’ll Learn:
- Principles of Afrocentric pedagogy
- Curriculum development from an African worldview
- Educational inequality and decolonization
- Teaching methods rooted in African traditions
Who It’s For:
Educators, curriculum developers, and anyone interested in reforming education through a culturally relevant lens.
African Philosophy
Dive deep into the intellectual traditions of the African continent. This course introduces precolonial and contemporary African philosophical thought, focusing on communalism, ethics, metaphysics, and epistemology rooted in African cultures and experiences.
What You’ll Learn:
- Key figures and schools of African philosophy
- Indigenous belief systems and worldviews
- Concepts of personhood, morality, and knowledge
- Comparative analysis with Western philosophy
Who It’s For:
Philosophy students, scholars, and those interested in indigenous knowledge systems and African intellectual traditions.
Freedom Movements
This program examines key resistance movements across Africa and the African diaspora, from the anti-colonial uprisings to civil rights struggles and contemporary calls for justice. Emphasis is placed on grassroots organizing, liberation theory, and the cultural dimensions of resistance.
What You’ll Learn:
- Major anti-colonial and post-colonial movements
- Civil rights and Pan-Africanist struggles
- Strategies of resistance and liberation
- The role of art, music, and literature in freedom movements
Who It’s For:
Activists, historians, political thinkers, and learners committed to social change and historical justice.
African Political Theory
Explore the evolution of political thought across African contexts. This course covers traditional African governance, anti-colonial ideologies, and contemporary challenges like neocolonialism, nationalism, and democracy in Africa.
What You’ll Learn:
- Traditional political systems and leadership
- Pan-Africanism, socialism, and revolutionary thought
- State-building and governance in post-colonial Africa
- African perspectives on global politics
Who It’s For:
Political science students, policy makers, and learners interested in African governance and political identity.