The Rerooting in African History program responds to the absence of African centered perspectives on Black and African history in global education systems. For example, in Nigeria, History was taken out of the curriculum in 1969 as a required subject and replaced with social studies. Currently, history exists as an optional subject for Arts students in the secondary school education system. In addition, there is a shortage of history teachers and learning materials to teach. While Social Studies and Civics cover pertinent issues in society, they are not substitutes for African centered history. In Imoka (2019), it was found that over 50% of the surveyed Nigerian secondary school graduates learnt that colonialism was a good thing that happened to Africa. This means that students are not learning about colonialism from an African centered perspective. In many other African, Caribbean and North American countries, students are graduating from the school system learning next to nothing about their immediate environments and contributions of Africans to the global society. In fact, they do not learn about their indigenous knowledge systems and its critical role in global development.

In this light, the RIAH program targets secondary school and university students, educators, and civil society actors. Through knowledge dissemination in our curated workshops led by leading experts, the program is equipping citizens with the knowledge, tools, networks and practical experiences that they require to shift global discussions and bring culturally relevant societal reforms.