About Us

African Views Organization (AVO) is an interdisciplinary cultural research and development institute dedicated to advancing solutions for Africa's past, present, and future challenges. The organization was founded to address the intersecting problems of intersectionality and Black existentialism — combining cutting-edge contemporary thinking with ancient knowledge and ageless wisdom passed down through generations.

AVO operates through a multimedia, research, and development framework, pursuing long-term solutions across health, education, the environment, and economic growth. Its programs advance women's rights, benefit children, and support youth and student initiatives — including the formation of student chapters at universities and registered branches worldwide.

African Views holds special consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and the African Union's Economic, Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC). This standing enables AVO to collaborate with multidisciplinary academics, multi-sectoral professionals, and student networks across countries, and to actively participate in AU and UN policymaking on issues related to women, girls, youth, health, the environment, and cultural and economic development.

AVO is non-political, non-religious, and fully independent. It works in partnership with civil society organizations, women's rights organizations, public and private institutions, academia, traditional leaders, and customary authorities to develop lasting pathways toward the Sustainable Development Goals — addressing poverty, inequality, health, nutrition, and peace through a holistic, culturally grounded approach.

The name African Views reflects the organization's broad vision: African diversity, African civilizations and virtues, the authenticity of indigenous African knowledge, cultural sustainability, gender harmony, and a sustained commitment to humanity.

Organizational Global Status:

Internal Revenue (Code) Status: 501(c)(3)

Corp: NJ Corporation

NTEE Code: A23

NTEE classifications: cultural and ethnic awareness

NTEE Type: Arts, Culture, and Humanities

Category: Charitable Social Science Organization

Institutional Affiliation:

• United Nations' Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)

• University of Media and Communication, Ghana

• The Innovation Lab of Arts and Technology of Shenzhen University

• ShanXi University

• University of Nanjing

• Makerere University

• Obafemi Awolowo University

• World Women Organizations

• New World Economic Organization

The African views of the universe have been carefully studied and systematized, and much more remains to be fully documented. Many of these views are expressed orally in myths, legends, proverbs, wise saying, and practical ways like rituals, dances, art, and symbols. When these materials are put together, a tapestry of African cosmology emerges. 

This picture shows, among other things, the beauty of cultural diversity, an underlying unity or similarity of views, traits, traditions, inclinations, and behaviors across Africa and diaspora, reflecting local variations. African views of the universe are curated as people continue to reflect upon their life experiences in their respective societies and the perception of their roles and responsibilities in the world at large. No human society can exist without some form of view of the world in which it lives. It is also true that no human society has even developed without some form of foreign intervention. 

African Views provide awareness of Africa's diversity and complexity, African existence, and existentialism's duality consciousness. So, as African peoples worldwide go through life experiences, changes in the environment, including historical, current, and future challenges, we continue to generate more ideas in understanding the world and gender relations. These ideas were by no means static, which, though in the due process of change, have come down to the contemporary in various ways and through various means. Ideas from one generation to another continue to persist despite the challenges of time.  The sustainability of Africans lies in their nature of resilience. While much has been lost, many more has been gained as well. New lands inherited, new languages and new traditions developed, new nations founded, new cultures developed, and layers of resistance seemingly unstoppable despite all the odds. It is essential to put all these in perspective and look deeper within to find strength for overcoming any challenge.

It is in this spirit that some of us have chosen to come together and endeavor to capture with too few exceptions -- the evolution of ideas in the African World without compromising the integrity of existential dichotomy of the secular and sacred or the physical and spiritual, or the practical and the hypothetical. In our vision, there is harmony, rationale, logic, and a sense of the universe. In our assessment, however imperfect, our observance of relative ideologies is not only of those with African heritage alone but also includes inclusive and encompassing views, principles, and ideologies about Africa from the world. The process makes our work permanent and cumulative from the transfer of one generation's African ideologies to another. The more diverse they are, the better they become. 

Would it be something of value if those ideas can be captured, not only for a documentary purpose but also for their utilitarian value, especially in understanding and interpreting historical challenges, engaging current challenges, and preparing for future challenges? 

As Leopold Senghor puts it, our culture is recourse to sanity. When we are lost, we turn to our cultural compass. It is on this premises that we have formed the African Views Organization. The organization maintains an open and inclusive principle to develop a fully integrated global intelligence initiative framework. The duality of positions and the multiplicity of perspectives gathered are all considered in developing new narratives from the ageless wisdom of the universe.  

African Views Organization was formed in 2009 to promote education on empathy, harmony, and cultural sustainability. The Organization operates on four specific areas considered to be the main pillars of development. Economy, Health, Education, and the Environment. It engages primarily in research, reviews, and analysis, and organizing conferences, forums, publications, and project development pertinent to the advancement of humanities, sustainable development, and world cultural harmony. 

Economy

• Resource Data mapping and Economic Analysis

• Socially Responsible Trade and Investment Corporate Actions /Corporate Social Responsibility

• Database development and Data Analysis

• Social and Economic opportunity Services

• Stronger Sustainable Development Institutes

• Globalization of Cultural Trades

Health

• Community Health Advocacy

• Immigrant Health Services

• Medical Equipment Facilitation

• Mental Health and Contributive Public Hazards Advocacy

• Gender Equity and Gender Harmony, as well as eradication of all forms of violence and abuses against the female and sexual orientation

• Intergenerational Racial and Ethnic conflict healing and conflict resolution

• Human Right Abuses Advocacy and service coordination

Education

• Cultural Diversity Education for Children and adults

• Youth  Cultural Exchange

• Adult Education

• Sustainable Development Goals

• Heritage  and Cultural Sustainability 

• Anti Violence Against Women Act

• Publications

Environment (Natural & Cultural Heritages)

• Green Economy Advocacy

• Heritage and Cultural Tourism

• Sustainable Agriculture

• Research and Media Support for fair and balance commodity exchanges

African Views organization engages the communities it serves with its work to ensure that cultural evolution is in line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015, and with the African Union AGENDA 2063, which is Africa's blueprint and master plan for transforming Africa into the global powerhouse of the future.

African Views' zeal includes decolonization by strengthening cultural institutions for sustainable development, economic advancement, improving traditions and customs, such as ending harmful gender-based practices. African Views maintains an open door and outreach policy required to achieve its goals and objectives. The organization facilitates global intelligence partnerships through which multidisciplinary faculties and diverse-resource specialists can collaborate to accomplish cultural harmony within the context of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.  

All African Views' works are guided by the principles and requirements to embrace, create, and utilize various technologies to manage new development and accomplish Africa and its Diaspora's necessary advancement. The organization conducts the Annual Spirit of Peace & Prosperity Summit to bring high-level policymakers and traditional rulers together to maintain the balance between global and local precedence and ensure harmony, progress, and peace in society.

Please find more information on the Spirit of Peace & Prosperity Summit under the Cultural Heritage Resources menu. 

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PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION

Africa's cultural heritage extends far beyond the continent. In 2011, the United Nations declared the International Year of People of African Descent, and the African Union formally recognized the African Diaspora as its Sixth Region at the UN's Africa Day celebration on May 30th. Earlier that year, the New York State Assembly also proclaimed Africa Day on May 24th at the State Capitol in Albany — a recognition that affirmed the global reach of African identity and culture.

These milestones signal a call to action: worldwide engagement for, by, and in cooperation with the African Diaspora. The Diaspora does not exist in isolation — it is inseparably woven into the cultural fabric of the societies in which it resides. This gives Africa an unprecedented opportunity to wield cultural influence on the world stage.

Yet much of what is visually documented about Africa remains a view from the outside. African Views holds that it is essential for Africans to tell their own story — to present their own perspectives on the world, their development, and their future roles within it. Our purpose is to strengthen the efficacy of that voice: to showcase, and build consensus around, the mutual benefits of cooperation between Africans, the African Diaspora, and other cultural communities worldwide — particularly on issues of community development, gender equality, and social justice.

African Views is also committed to creating and sustaining a safe space where people of all ages, races, and cultures can come together to ask questions, learn, teach, and share. A space for open dialogue on fair cultural representation, inter-personal and socio-cultural issues, racial healing, ethnic conflict resolution, and violence against women — and for building collective visions of harmony, prosperity, and sustainability.

Effective participation in globalization requires a strategic rapprochement between Africans on the continent and Africans in the Diaspora. But that rapprochement cannot succeed where knowledge of each other's cultures and consciousness remains limited. This is precisely why the African Views Cultural Exchange (ACE) program and the Gender Harmony initiative exist. Both have developed significantly over the years and continue to generate meaningful outcomes.

African Views has pioneered several ground-breaking concepts with the potential to transform lives across the continent and beyond. These include the advocacy for an African Center for Disease Control (CDC), the Royal Institute of Global African Cultures and Traditions, and the Alliance of African Civilizations — also known as the African Royal Kingdoms (ARK).

The organization also originated the concept of Gender Harmony — a framework designed to inspire and mobilize men as active advocates for causes that benefit women and girls. This work gave rise to AVAWA: Advocacies and Voices Advancing Women's Agency, a global initiative that has evolved into a broader, more inclusive platform while remaining anchored in its founding commitment to women's protection and empowerment. AVAWA holds governments accountable for fulfilling their constitutional and international obligations to women and girls, and works to accelerate the full implementation of CEDAW and other agreements prohibiting gender-based violence and discrimination.

To strengthen its reach, AVAWA has developed a dedicated app connecting women's service providers directly with beneficiaries — ensuring faster, more efficient access to support and resources for those who need them most.

The African Views Cultural Exchange (ACE) Program extends this commitment to the next generation. Now active across Africa, Europe, Latin America, and the United States, ACE equips children with a deeper education in African peoples, cultures, and values — building cross-cultural understanding from an early age and continuing to expand its reach with each passing year.

ASPIRATION

Engaging seriously with African issues is one of humanity's most important collective responsibilities. Through mutual understanding and genuine appreciation of our shared humanity, we grow more tolerant. When we share our diverse heritages and ways of life respectfully and constructively, we move closer to a more just and equitable world. 

OBJECTIVE

African Views seeks to gather, organize, and give meaning to ideological, intellectual, cultural, traditional, and customary knowledge — spanning both formal and informal disciplines — and to channel that knowledge into the building of stronger, more vital institutions. Central to this is ensuring that this information is accessible and strategically applied to address the multilayered marginalization of African peoples within local communities, nation-states, and global economic and political systems. 

DETAILED OBJECTIVES 

1. Promote AVAWA: Advocacies and Voices Advancing Women's Agency and the Gender Harmony framework.

2. Advance the Alliance of African Civilizations — African Royal Kingdoms (ARK) and all its organs.

3. Establish the Royal Institute of Global African Cultures and Traditions.

4. Document the full scope of African descent — celebrating the inherent diversity, cultures, strengths, and creativity of African peoples worldwide.

5. Mobilize African-centered scholars, institutions, and motivated individuals to collaborate on presenting the history, culture, and current conditions of African peoples — both on the continent and in the Diaspora — toward building efficient, thriving, safe, and just African societies globally.

6. Illuminate the African presence in communities around the world, and foster cross-cultural education that promotes fair and accurate representation of all cultures.

7. Improve communities' access to services and resources through accessible databases and directories of available support.

8. Create platforms for informed interpretation of data, facts, and statistics relevant to African and Diaspora communities.

9. Facilitate intelligent, evidence-based dialogue on pressing issues through blogs, interviews, journals, conferences, and programs.

10. Encourage collaboration on development projects and the advancement of practical, positive solutions in economic development, governance, gender equity, health, education, infrastructure, environmental sustainability, and the welfare of women and children.

11. Collect and contextualize data that enables experts and communities to understand and respond to the conditions, challenges, and progress of Africans and the African Diaspora worldwide.

12. Foster inclusiveness, collaboration, and a communal spirit between Africa and the African Diaspora — and between African communities and the wider world.

13. Promote integrity, accountability, and transparency within African communities as foundational development tools, including through grassroots-level performance review.

14. Advance ethnic conflict resolution and racial healing within a framework of cultural harmony.

GOALS

To cultivate open-mindedness about human diversity. To instill in people — especially children — a sense of human dignity, a love of learning, and a commitment to fairness. To heal prejudices rooted in race, gender, sexuality, nationality, class, disability, or culture. And to advance enlightenment and cooperation across and beyond the African world, working toward the eradication of poverty and prejudice in all their forms.  Promote peace and prosperity for all.