Hofi ni Kwenu Academy/Douglass Institute

Organized in 1977, it is a village-institution committed to working with other Africans in the preparation of worker-warriors to faciliatate the return of our people to Righteous Living & Sovereignty. It operates an elemrntary and high school, and since 1994, New African Village, a slowly-developing land-based scale model promoting Creator-centered living and social relationships, Family building and communal self-reliance. The womb-to-the-tomb curriculum also includes classes and experiences open to the community through its Wazazi na Walimu (Parents & Teachers) Development Institute. The curriculum on all levels emphasizes: the spiritual, cultural and political nature of education and the need for re-Africanization and Sovereign Nationhood; preparation for and strengthening of marriages, childrearing and grandparenting; awareness of and countering the effects of the anti-African popular culture and other ourstorically deleterious influences; maximizing and merging skills referred to as academic, manual, artistic or technical; whole-person health and respect for the environment; constant development and strengthening of moral character, including conflict management skills, self-discipline, cooperation and collectivity.