Mwangaza Michael-Bandele, Ph.D • Co-Founder and Founding Member Emeritus –Earned her BA in African American Studies and Secondary Education and the MA in African History from Howard University. Ms. Michael-Bandele has developed courses in African Studies for public and private school systems and published several works on the impact of culture on academic achievement. She was an Associate Director at the American
for Teacher Education, and was involved with a national research project concerned with the development of culturally responsive teacher education curricula materials and has produced video learning materials and teleconferences on the impact of culture on teaching and learning. She is a founding member of KanKouran West African Dance Company. A mother of two, and a grandMother, Ms. Michael-Bandele has traveled to Ghana on sveral occasions, as well as Cote d’Ivoire, Tanzania, Kenya, and conducted field work in Zimbabwe. Recently, she completed a Doctor of Philosophy in African Diaspora History at Morgan State Univer-sity.Black Culture and International Understanding.