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Board Members • Biography • Achievements |
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About Us
What we stand
for; what we Plan to do; And Our Achievements so far:
The
Preservation and development of Africa, including
development of the indigenous cultures, traditional
institutions, language and ideas through education, research
activities, and fostering African culture, traditions and Development
including assisting the youths and the needy through
humanitarian activities.
Our Vision:
The Preservation and development of Africa, including
development of the indigenous cultures, traditional
institutions, language and ideas through education, research
activities, and fostering African traditions and Development
including assisting the youths and the needy through
humanitarian activities.
Our Mission:
Education, research and development; humanitarian
activities; working with the youths in the
Clayton County, motivating, counseling, while allowing the
youths to understand African cultures and traditions in a
way to make them become more responsible citizens of the
world while reaffirming the cultures and traditions of
Africa to the African community in the County. These we will
do with activities meant to bring about mutual understanding
and respect between the peoples of Africa and other ethnic
and non-ethnic communities in the County, thereby reviving
and preserving the powerful indigenous cultures and customs
of Africa for posterity.
Goals:
 | Establish research centers for indigenous cultural studies;
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| Produce books and children’s book in particular in
indigenous African languages to enhance their teaching and
research; |
| Provide opportunities for American and other
Western scholars; to conduct research in Africa;
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| Foster
cultural and educational understanding for mutual respect
and peace; |
| Set up youth academy/daycare centers for the
teaching of African languages to young people and children
here in the US and in Africa; |
| Provide an opportunity for
Americans to visit Africa periodically; |
| Restore mother
tongues essential in cultural development and preservation
in Africa; |
| Assist in the restoration & preservation of
historical national monuments such as the Benin Moat;
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| Study and investigate each of the notable masquerades in
many in Africa and document them; |
| Study the Chieftaincy
tradition in Africa; |
| Restore, promote, and document many
of the cultural and traditional festivals;
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| Conduct public
lectures, seminars, symposia and workshops;
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| Provide
mediums for scholars and for public interactions: |
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Onima Institute for
Tradition and Development USA, Inc is a non-profit
organization whose aims and objectives are
education, research and to foster African traditions
and development. |
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..“Africa
and Africans in The Diaspora: An Evaluation of the Impact
They Have on Each Other,” is a book in which, in 1996, Dr. Ojior
x-rayed the relationship between the people of Africa and those of the Diaspora.
The book is an analysis of the psychological impact of the African experience
worldwide"
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