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Achievements
Onima
Institute has an In-house journal, The Journal of
African Traditional Studies, (JATS) published
twice yearly as funds permit. Our maiden issue was
published in October of 2006 and donated to schools and
libraries while few copies were sent to the
universities, libraries and museums that have
subscribed.
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maintained Onima Annual Lecture Series since 2005 in
Africa. Each year, we select a traditional topical issue
and give a lecture on it. In 2005, our topic was “Polyharmony,”
a political and philosophical discourse on an African
marriage system which saves a State from the payment of
welfare checks to unmarried mothers and saves a State
from having juvenile delinquency in its domain while
ensuring that every child has a father because almost
every marriageable female has a husband. |
| The Theme for
the year 2007 through 2008 is “Strengthening the African
Family” |
| Onima
Institute purchased learning materials worth $1,500 and
went to Africa in November 2006 through January 2007,
and distributed to High School students and Elementary
pupils in more than 15 institutions, in towns and rural
areas. |
| At the
Partnership for Community Action, Inc as volunteer, we
worked with some refugees from East Africa in 2004 and
2005 assisting them to resettle in the Atlanta area and
Stone Mountain area of the City. We assisted some in
preparing Business Plan to assist them to obtain small
business loan. |
| Organized
funding for and send books to secondary (high) schools
abroad. |
| Participated
as a volunteer in the coordination and development of a
nongovernmental organization (NIDO) in the US aimed at
developing a data base to assist the growth of
US/Nigerian business and industrial relation (2004 to
date). |
| In November of
2006 through January, we were in Africa making donations
of books and our maiden Journal, to universities and
other schools in some towns and in the rural areas of
Africa. |
| As part of our
community service, in 2006 and 2007, we volunteered at
some schools in Clayton County, to meet and welcome
students back to school while distributing pencils to
them. We also volunteered to visit chosen schools, spoke
with the pupils, read stories to them, and read articles
of interest to them followed by questions and answers
sessions. This was to assist the pupils and motivate
them to be studious and become responsible citizens
thereafter. Onima Institute is involved in this County
School Board’s project every year and we are happy to be
of service in the community. |
| In its effort
of promoting education and community awareness, Onima
Institute successfully presented “Traditional Sounds and
Rhythms of Africa” in a two hour presentation program,
on Sunday, August 19, 2007 at the Auburn Research
Library Auditorium in Atlanta Georgia. Admission was
free to the public. |
| We have
letters of appreciation, certificates and awards from
those who have come in contact with Onima Institute, and
there are pictures showing some of our activities and
efforts. |
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Onima
Institute for Tradition and Development USA, Inc is a
member of the Clayton Chamber of Commerce. |
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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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