Dr. Jemadari Kamara

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  • Dr. Jemadari Kamara has a Ph.D. from University of Michigan. He is a former Dean at UMass Boston, is a former multi-time Chair of the University’s Africana Studies Department, is an Associate Professor of Africana Studies at the campus, and is also Founding Director of the Center for African, Caribbean and Community Development at the campus. In the academy, he previously taught at Brandeis University (1970s), served as Director of the William Monroe Trotter House at University of Michigan, Chair of the African and Afro-American Studies Department at the University of Michigan Flint (1980s), and was a Fulbright Scholar at the Universite Nationale du Benin in Cotonou, Benin and Senior Fulbright Scholar at the Universite Gaston Berger in Saint-Louis, Senegal. Beyond the academy, he also served as the Development Consultant for the Societe Africaine de Technologie Appropriee et Developpment (S.A.T.A.D.) in Cotonou, Benin. In the 1990s, he helped to found and continues to coordinate the Annual Martin Luther King, Jr./Amilcar Cabral Commemorative Program. Also, he collaborated in developing the Community Action Information Network (CAIN), which assisted community-based organizations in applying technology and data-based information to community-defined purposes for development. Additionally, he serves as an international coordinator for the Youth Education and Sports (YES) with Africa Program, which has served 3000+African youth. Among his numerous publications is State of the Race—Creating Our 21st Century, which won the Charshee McIntrye Award and was named the African Heritage Studies Association Outstanding Book of the year. He is also Editor of Socially Responsible Investment and Economic Development. Currently, he is editing The Interrogating Gaze: Resistance, Transformation and Decolonizing Praxis which will be published later this year.

Participation on Humanity Rising

HR!Day255 - The Murder Of George Floyd, Black Maleness (Masculinity), And The “Dark Unknown Archetype” In Our Individual And Collective Consciousness| The Murder Of George Floyd, Black Maleness (Masculinity), And The “Dark Unknown Archetype” In Our Individual And Collective Consciousness
Day 366-1 Thu 11/18/21 Iconography of Black Manhood As It Relates To Transitions in Individual and Collective Consciousness
Day 447 Mon 4/4/22   I: Commemorating the Anniversary of the Assassination of Martin Luther King in the Context of Black Leadership