Reflections on African-Centered School Culture Creation and Leadership

• In Event: Moscone Center North Roundtable Session 8
  In Roundtable Session: Reflections on Social Justice Leadership

Abstract

Throughout the historical journey of African and African Americans in the United States, the experiences and cultural socialization practices in American systems of control have become what Asante (1991), refers to as a “process of cultural destruction (Asante, The Afrocentric Idea in Education, 1991).” The study presented is the reflections of three African centered educational leaders and their perception of African centered school leadership and cultivator of a K-12 African centered organizational culture. The study asked these leaders to reflect on how they create cultures of care in their building and to think about how their process of culture creation connects black students with a larger ideological Afrocentric project. This study explores the notion of “Afrocentricity” and black socialization.

Author

• Bodunrin O Banwo, University of Massachusetts - Boston