Announcements & Featured Posts
Announcing the 2024 Ubuntu Africentric Conference on AI for the People!
The 2024 Ubuntu Africentric Conference, dedicated to exploring the transformative power of AI through the lens of Ubuntu, will be jointly hosted by the DBDLI and our partners in South Africa, the University of Venda and the University of Pretoria. [Details Inside]
Job Posting: Research Assistant and Coordination Specialist
Employment Opportunity: DBDLI seeks an individual to fill the exciting position of Research Assistant and Coordination Specialist. Find out more and apply today!
Our Publications
Times of African Nova Scotians – Volume One
Proverb / Word of the Month
“You are beautiful, but learn to work, for you cannot eat your beauty” –Congolese Proverb
Africentric / African-centered Philosophy
Broadly speaking, it is a philosophical manner of thought and way of life that places persons of African ancestry at the center of their own lived realities and analysis by reclaiming historical African values and moving forward to build futures.
DBDLI articulates Africentricity as one of its core values. We state this value as one of our actions.
Africentricity – We are committed to reclaiming and delivering African derived worldviews and values.
International Decade for People of African Descent
As the DBDLI seeks opportunities to advance its mandate, we will promote the Decade with a goal to advance people of African Descent to realize their full potential.
The International Decade for People of African Descent, proclaimed by General Assembly resolution 68/237 and to be observed from 2015 to 2024, provides a solid framework for the United Nations, Member States, civil society and all other relevant actors to join together with people of African descent and take effective measures for the implementation of the programme of activities in the spirit of recognition, justice and development.
