1 Bio Professor: Doctorate course of the Federal University of

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Name
Country
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1.
Prof Júlio Cesar
de Souza
Tavares
Brazil
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Professor: Doctorate course of the
Federal University of Fluminense/
UFF Member of the Brazilian
Association of Black Researchers
(ABPN) Specialises in Anthropology
2.
Ms Zélia
Amador de
Deus
3.
Prof Silvio
Humberto dos
Passos Cunha
Brazil
Professor: Federal University of
Pará/UFPA
President: Brazilian Association of
Black Researchers (ABPN)
Specialises in Culture and Literature
Brazil
Professor: State University of Feira
de Santana/UEFES, Salvador, Bahia
Executive Director: Steve Biko
Cultural Institute
Specialises in Economics
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5.
6.
7.
Dr Edvaldo
Mendes (Zulu)
Araújo
Brazil
President: Palmares Foundation
Ministry of Culture
Specilisation: Politics and Culture
Ms Angela
Cristina Santos
Guimaráes
Coordinato
r: National
Youth
Council,
Salvador,
Bahia
Coordinator: National Youth Council,
Salvador, BahiaBlack Union for
Equality Specialisation: Social Science
Roland Ndip
Ndip
Mr Joseph
Chilengi
Port
Elizabeth,
SA
Italy
Prof Ndip a Senior lecturer at the
University of Fort Hare, South Africa.
He currently serves as Vice President
of the Pan African Environmental
Mutagen Society and reviewer to
several international journals.
He is the Chairperson of Political
Affairs of African Union Economic
Social and Cultural Council (AU
ECOSOCC).
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8.
Dr. George
Mukundi
Wachira
Cape
Town, SA
9.
Dr Mathole
Motshekga
Cape
Town, SA
10.
Amb. Vincent
Sunny Okabi
Nigeria
11.
H.E. Dr Erieka
Bennett
Ghana
George Mukundi Wachira is a Pan
African human rights lawyer and
academic. He has an LLD/PHD in
international human rights law and is
currently engaged as the Africa
Regional Coordinator, Transitional
Justice Programme, Centre for the
Study of Violence and Reconciliation,
South Africa.
He is the Chief Whip of the ANC in
South Africa’s National Assembly.
Additionally, he is the Head of the
KARA Institute.
A seasoned and accomplished
diplomat versed in Economic
Diplomacy, commercial negotiations,
bilateral and multilateral conflict
resolutions. Involved in activities
fostering multilateral interaction
among
Anglophone
and
Francophone nations of Africa.
Additionally, he is the Resident
Representative (Nigeria) of the
Diaspora Africa Forum (DAF).
Dr. Erieka Bennett is the
Convening Founder and Head of
Mission of the (AU) African
Diaspora Forum.
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12.
Dr Jibrin
Ibrahim
Côte
d'Ivoire
Dr. Jibrin Ibrahim is the Director of
the Centre for Democracy and
Development (CDD).
Managing Director- Gemini Maritime
Services Limited
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Mrs Nana OfeiNkansah
14.
Mrs Lalla
Moulati
Moulaye
Ghana
15.
Hassan Ahmed
Jalloh
Sierra
Leone
Ghana
President -terminal operators &
stevedores association Ghana
Lalla Moulaye is currently working
for Ecobank Transnational Inc. as
Government Relations Adviser.
He is the Founder/Executive Director
AfroNeth Foundation. Professionaly,
Hassan is a Agricultural Extension
specialist.
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19.
Mr Maurice
Okomo Okoth
Amisi
Ms Bertha
Ernestine Semu
Somi
Ms Mebrat
Beyene Abay
Mr Tichawona
Shumba
Kenya
Tanzania
Ethiopia
Ethiopia
He is the head of the Diaspora Affairs
Division in the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs.
She is the Coordinator and Acting
Director for Diaspora Engagement
&International Opportunities
Department in the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs.
She is the former Charge d'Affaire for
the Federal Democratic Republic of
Ethiopia to South Africa and Minister
Counsellor in London. She is
currently the Director General of
Ethiopian Expatriates Affairs within
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
He is the senior Policy Officer in the
Planning Directorate of Strategic
Policy Plan of the African Union
Commission.
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20.
Ms K. FatimaZohra
Algeria
21.
Dr Kennedy
Fuango
Tumenta
Germany
22.
Mr Toks Kotoye
Nigeria
23.
Dr Titilola
Adesola
Banjoko
UK
Ms Karadja is the President of the
Association Nationale de Soutien aux
Enfants en Difficulté en Institution
(ANSEDI) as well as Vice President for
the African Union’s Economic, Social
and Cultural Council ECOSOCC/AU.
Tumenta F. Kennedy is co-founder
and CEO of the African Business
Information Bank He is a European
Facilitator of the African Union African Diasporas 6th Region and Pan
African Diasporas Union (PADU) and
President of African Diasporas
Germany – Chapter.
Toks Kotoye is the author of the new
pioneering book “Africans Abroad –
How to Successfully Return to
Africa”. He is also a renowned global
expert on African Migration and
African Investments, he is the CEO of
R2A Global a company that provides
Consultancy, Seminars and Training
services to Governments etc.
Dr Titi Banjoko is a healthcare
professional and the founder of of
AfricaRecruit, a programme designed
to build capacity in Africa using
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human capital as the main driver.
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25.
Prof. Augustine
Gregory John
Dr Ama Biney
UK
UK
Professor Augustine John is an
executive coach and a management
and social investment consultant. He
assists governments in ensuring that
Joint Venture Agreements and MOU
identify the social investment inward
investors (especially in the extractive
industries) would make in their areas
of operation, as well as helping to
scope and evaluate social investment
projects with local government and
civil society organisations.
Ama Biney (Dr) is a historian
specialising in West African history,
Pan-Africanism,
Diaspora-Africa
relations, anti-colonial struggles,
relations between African-Latinos
and Africa in addition to Africans and
African-American history. She has
written for the Pan-African electronic
journal Pambazuka news.
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26.
Ms. Ijahnya
Christian
27.
Mr Justin
Ahanhanso
28.
Dr David L.
Horne
Ethiopia
Ijahnya Christian is the Caribbean
Rastafari Organisation’s Liaison to
the African Union (AU) and an
executive member of the AU
Diaspora Network in the Caribbean.
France
He is the Coordinator and team
leader of UNESCO’s Oceanographer
and Global Ocean Observing System.
USA
David L. Horne, Ph.D is a professor of
Pan African Studies and Critical
Thinking
at
California
State
University, Northridge (right outside
Los Angeles). He is also the
International Facilitator of the Sixth
Region Diaspora Caucus organization,
in the USA.
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30.
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32.
Karolyn Ashley
Lockhart
Ms Claudette
Perry
Ms Beverly Gail
Williams-Coles
Dr. Eddie Neal
USA
USA
Karolyne is the Assistant to the Head
of Mission, (Ambassador Erieka
Bennett) for the African Union
Diaspora African Forum (DAF).
Claudette Perry is an International
Representative for the (AU) Diaspora
African Forum, and a Board Member,
in Washington, DC
USA
Ms. Williams-Coles is an appointed
member of the Diaspora Africa
Forum board and currently serves as
Acting Secretary and Fund Raising
Committee Chair.
USA
Dr. Eddie Neal is Chief Executive
Officer of The Scientex Corporation,
a research and engineering company
possessing 30 years experience in
infrastructure
development
for
transportation
systems,
environmental
safety,
and
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information system management.
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34.
35.
Ms Anita Bryant
Amb. Amina Ali
Mr James Early
USA
USA
USA
Bradford C
Grant
36.
Ms. Susan E.
Sutler, Esq.
USA
Anita Bryant is the managing partner
of The Bridge, an international
business consulting firm based in
Atlanta, GA..
Ambassador Amina Salum Ali is the
Permanent Representative of the
African Union to the United States of
America.
He is the Director of Cultural
Heritage Policy Center for Folklife
and Cultural Heritage Smithsonian
Institution, Washington, DC.
Bradford C. Grant is a Professor and
Director of the School of Architecture
and Design and Associate Dean of
the
College
of
Engineering,
Architecture and Computer Sciences
at Howard University, Washington
DC.
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37.
Mr. Howard
Anthony
Regusters
USA
38.
Dr. Arika
Chihombari
USA
39.
Mr Ron Edgar
Taplin
40.
Dr. Armand
Johan Zunder
41.
Dr
Renata Cornelly
Lucille De
Bies
USA
Suriname
Suriname
'Kamau' Ron Taplin is the State of
Washington (USA) Representative to
the Sixth Region Diaspora Caucus
(SRDC).
Chairman of the National Federation
of African-Surinamese in the
Diaspora, Un Bondru
Renata de Bies is an associate
professor with the Anton de Kom
University of Suriname. She is the
first Dean of the Faculty of
Humanties of this University.
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43.
44.
Sidney Francis
Martin
Adv. Alfred
Sears
Rev. Buddy
Aaron Larrier
Nicaragua
Bahamas
USA
Professionally, Sidney Francis is an
Accountant. He is a member of the
Central American Black Organization.
Adv Sears is the former Attorney
General of The Bahamas, former
Minister of Education, Science and
Technology of The Bahamas.
Currently, adv Sears is the Managing
Partner of Sears & Co. Law Firm.
Additionally, he is a Member of
Parliament for Fort Charlotte.
Rev. Buddy is a Social Historian,
Community Practitioner, SpecialistTrainer and Consultant in Race
Relations.
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45.
46.
Dr Line Juliette
Jeanine Hilgros
Dr Rupert
Charles Lewis
USA
Jamaica
She is a representative of
the
International Committee of Black
People (ICBP) in Guadeloupe.
Dr. Rupert Lewis is a Professor of
Political Though and Associate
Director of the Centre for Caribbean
Thought and Associate Dean for
Graduate Studies in the Faculty of
Social Sciences, the University of the
West Indies, Jamaica. He is a
member of the Council of the
Institute of Jamaica and Chairman of
the Advisory Board of the AfricanCaribbean Institute of /Jamaica
Memory Bank. He is also Chairman of
the “Friends of Liberty Hall – The
Legacy of Marcus Garvey”.
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48.
49.
Mr David Andre
Comissiong
Dr
Gene Kenneth
Emmanuel
Khafra Duguma
Kambon
USA
US Virgin
Islands
Trinidad
and
Tobago
David Comissiong is a former Senator
in the government of Barbados.
David is also a founding-member of
the Pan-African Movement of
Barbados (PAMOB), the Caribbean
Pan-African Network (CPAN) and the
Global Afrikan Congress (GAC).
Gene is an Associate professor of
English at the University of the Virgin
Islands. Additionally, he is a member
of the Executive body of CPAN,
headquartered in Trinidad and
Tobago.
Khafra Kambon is the Chairman of
the
Emancipation
Support
Committee and Co-ordinator of the
Caribbean Pan African Network, the
name given to the AU-Diaspora
Network in the Caribbean.
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Member of the Pan-African Diaspora
organizations in The Netherlands.
50.
Prince
Immanuel BenYehuda
Israel
51.
Lucie Tondreau
USA
Executive member of the Caribbean
Pan African Network
52.
Dr Molefi K.
Asante
USA
Dr Asante is a Professor of African
American Studies, at the Temple
University.
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54.
Dr Ruth
Pinheiro
Emira Woods
Brazil
USA
She is a member of the Council of
Negro State of Rio de Janeiro;
Assistant General of the Association
of Culture and Environment for the
project "Indigenous Culture Points"
in the Amazon region.
Emira Woods is co-director of
Foreign Policy In Focus at the
Institute for Policy Studies, and an
expert on U.S. foreign policy with a
special emphasis on Africa and the
developing world.
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55.
Mr Richard
Darlington
Ferdinand
Cambridge
USA
56.
Ms Aline Diakite
US
57.
Ms Alicia M
Sanabria
Brazil
58.
Dr. Hilary
Brown
Jamaica
Richard Cambridge is an Adviser to
the Regional Vice President, and
Manager, African Diaspora Program,
Africa Region in the World Bank.
Aline is the Executive Director for
Washington State for Pre-Paid Legal
Services Inc. She is also involved in
the Sixth Region Diaspora Caucus
(SRDC) as a Representative for the
state of Washington and North
America Region. She is also the
chairperson of the ContinentalAfrican
Diaspora
Connection
Committee.
She is the founder of African Matrix
C³ which strives to promote human
and
economic
development
strategies amongst Africa and the
African Diaspora.
Dr. Hilary Brown is currently the
Programme Manager of Culture and
Community Development within the
CARICOM Secretariat.
In this
position, Dr. Brown is responsible for
development,
advocacy
and
integration, with respect to the
culture,
youth
and
gender
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programmes in the CARICOM region.
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60.
61.
Mahar Cooke
Mr Frederick
Audley Mitchell
Ms Robtel
Neajai Pailey
Ghana
USA
Liberia
Mahar’s professional experience
covers mining and rough evaluation
to cutting and polishing, marketing
and brokering. Mahar is now the
youngest Diaspora Chief in Ghana; he
was selected to serve the people in
the Bono Manso Region of Ghana.
Mr. Mitchell is the Member of
Parliament for the Fox Hill
Constituency in New Providence, a
settlement of freed African slaves in
The Bahamas. He served as Foreign
Minister of The Bahamas from 2002
to 2007 and now serves as the
Opposition's spokesman on Foreign
Affairs and Foreign Trade. He was
a leader of the anti apartheid
movement in The Bahamas.
Pailey currently serves as special
assistant to the Minister of State for
Presidential Affairs in the Liberian
Executive Mansion.
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USA
Ambassador Thompson is a member
of the Group of Eminent Persons
under the auspices of the OAU, now
AU and former Foreign Minister of
Jamaica.
63.
Mr Kenneth
Michael
Robinson
Netherlan
ds
Mr Robinson is the Chairman of the
African Diaspora formation in the
Netherlands. Professionally, he is an
IT Teacher/facilitator.
64.
Ms Barryl
Biekman
Netherlan
ds
62.
Dr Dudley
Joseph
Thompson
65.
Tricia BarrowHazelwood
USA
She is a Senior Policy Advisor and a
member of the African Diaspora
formation in the Netherlands.
Ms. Tricia Barrow-Hazelwood is a
Senior Project Officer in the
Directorate
of
Foreign
and
Community Relations at the
Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
Secretariat.
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66.
Mr Marcus
Goffe
UK
Marcus Goffe is an Attorney-at-Law
in Jamaica specializing in criminal law
and intellectual property law. He isa
also the Legal Advisor to the EthioAfrica Diaspora Union Millennium
Council in Jamaica.
67.
Mr Jeronimo
Delgado
Caicedo
Colombia
Director of the African Studies Centre
at the Universidad Externado de
Colombia. Main consultant for the
Asia, Africa and Oceania Bureau of
the Colombian Ministry of Foreign
Affairs.
68.
Mr John Victor
Augustus
Loncke
USA
Executiv Member of the Pan-African
Movement, Guyana & Caribbean Pan
African Network
69.
Dr Julius
Garvey
USA
Apart from being Marcus Garvey’s
son, Dr Julius W. Garvey is a board
certified surgeon who specializes in
the diagnosis and treatment of
vascular disease.
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70.
Mr Lee Otis
Cherry
USA
71.
Esperanza
Bisho Perea
Colombia
72.
73.
She is the Director of Black Colombia
Cultural Foundation
He is the chairman of the
Subcommittee
on
Legislation,
Participation, Warranties, Duties and
Rights
of
Afro-descendants,
subcommittee
responsible
for
drafting the Organic Law Against
Racial Discrimination (currently
under discussion).
Modesto
Antonio Ruiz
Espinoza
Osama M.
Abdel Khalek
Lee O. Cherry is the co-founder,
President, CEO of the African
Scientific Institute.
Egypt
Member of the Cabinet of Minister
of Foreign Affairs in charge of African
Affairs , specially African Union and
western and central African affairs.
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75.
76.
Edward Oscar
Braithwaite
Cas Coovadia
Kenneth Walker
Chose Choeu
77.
Canada
South
Africa
South
Africa
South
Africa
E .Oscar Brathwaite s a longtime
partner of the Pan-African cause for
over three decades.
Cas is currently the Managing
Director at The Banking Association
of South Africa. He has played a
central role in the negotiations
leading to the signing of the Financial
Services Charter and is playing a
critical role in the implementation of
agreements reached in the Charter.
Mr Walker is a journalist of note,
having won several including the
National Association of Black
Journalists.
Mr Choeu is the Head of Corporate
Affairs in Eskom. He was recently
elected
Chairperson
of
the
International Chamber of Commerce
South Africa (ICCSA) and appointed
President of South African Chamber
of Commerce and Industry (SACCI).
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79.
80.
81.
Tandeka C.
Nkiwane
Mr Motheo
Koitsiwe
Dr. Toni Luck
Mr. Tshepo
Anthony
Mashiane
South
Africa
South
Africa
South
Africa
South
Africa
Tandeka C. Nkiwane is research
professor and director of the
Development Research Institute in
Johannesburg, South Africa.
Mr Koitsiwe is a lecturer and
researcher on Indigenous knowledge
Systems (IKS) at the North West
University, Mafikeng campus, South
Africa.
DR. Toni Luck is a Transformation
Specialist and African Development
Specialist. is Founding Chair of the
African Legacy Trust.
Mr. Mashiane is currently the
Secretary General of the African
Union Economic, Social and Cultural
Council – South Africa Chapter (AUECOSOCC-SA Chapter).
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83.
Mr. Ibrahim
Gourouza
Magagi
Michael E.M.
Sudarkasa
Niger
South
Africa
Looks Matoto
South
Africa
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85.
Amb. Bruce
Goodwin
Jamaica
Mr. Ibrahim Gourouza Magagi is the
Special Assistant to the CEO of
NEPAD head-quartered in Midrand
South Africa
Michael E.M. Sudarkasa is a U.S.
trained attorney and African
economic development consultant
based in Johannesburg, South
Africa.
Looks is the Deputy President of
ECOSOCC- SA Chapter
He is the ambassador Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary of Antigua and
Barbuda in Cuba, Havana.
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Mr. Jabba is a Principal Investment
Officer with the African Development
Bank. Previously he has worked with
various USAID missions including the
Gaza bank capacity building,
microfinance
and
home
improvement lending program
86.
Rafael Jabba
Tunisia
87.
Amb. Faith
Radebe
South
Africa
She is the Inspector-General of the
National Intelligence Agency.
88.
Amb. Bruce
Goodwin
Antigua
and
Barbuda
He is the Ambassador Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary to Cuba.
89.
David Monyae
South
Africa
He is working for the Development
Bank of Southern Africa.
90.
Prof. Makhanya
South
Africa
Professor Makhanya is a lecturer at
the University of South Africa.
91.
Themba Kinana
South
Africa
He is the Stakeholder Manager at
Vodacom.
92.
Olawale
Maiyegun
Ethiopia
He is with the African Institute for
Remittance’s Social Affairs portfolio.
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