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This essay dismantles the scaffolding of Eurocentric desirability politics, exposing the biases embedded within our understanding of beauty. Read about Afro-aesthetics, in all its diversity, and the worldviews that underpin it.

The global landscape demands a new approach to education – one that empowers African and diasporic communities to draw from their rich cultural heritage and knowledge systems. Explore Ijeruka's vision for transformative Pan-African learning.

Learn about the origins of Afrocentricity as a theory of agency and social change that empowers people of African descent to shape themselves and the world.

Here are fifteen transformative, paradigm-shifting books that promise to stretch your expectations and change the way you think about African and Afro-diasporic women.

Across the globe, Afro-descendant women are organising and strategizing against overlapping systems of oppression which are determined to keep them subdued. Against all odds, these educators, activists, artists, and leaders from across the African continent and diaspora are using their voices and talents to challenge the status quo and build liberated futures for us all. Here are seven such women who are at the forefront of social change.

Oluwaseun Babalola discusses the role of storytelling in the reclamation and definition of African identities. She highlights the power of storytelling as a tool for social change, the challenges African storytellers face in navigating expectations and stereotypes, and the need for authenticity and integrity in storytelling.