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Who are Roots Scholars?
Roots Scholars represent & express the Voice of Choice through a creative genius that recalls & reclaims the Ubuntu (Humanity), original psychology & spirit of the African Root, needed to advance the present & future greatness of our people.

Originality is the Essence of True Scholarship, Creativity is the SOUL of the True Scholar - Nnamdi Azikiwe

choosing blk studies
"A people without a history are like a tree without roots, they will not grow"
                                                                                    - African Proverb

The Tree of Life

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The "Baobab Tree" is found in the African savannahs and is known to have a life span of up to five thousand years.  This tree is the heart of many traditional remedies and folklore and is one of the oldest living things on the planet.  During the rainy season, water is stored in its thick, fire-resistant trunk  which provides sustainability during the harsh climate of  the dry season. As a result, the Baobab Tree is able to produce fruit all year round when all else is barren, thus its symbolism as the "Tree of Life."  Its white flowers only blooms for a short period before falling to the ground where many African wild life feed off its pods. It is said to looks as if it had been pulled from the ground and replanted upside down.

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The Baobab Tree  "superfruit"  is very nutritious & known for effectively managing diseases such as diabetes.
Since the naissance (birthing) of the first Black Studies Department  over 40 years ago in 1968 at San Francisco State University, many people then and now ask the question "what can you do with a degree in African/African-American Studies?" To anyone asking, the answer is  . . . . Anything (Robert Fikes, 2009)! African/African - American Studies is an interdisciplinary field known by various names (depending upon the institution) that include but are not limited to African Diasporan Studies, Black Studies, Afro-American Studies, Pan-African Studies, Afro-Ethnic Studies, etc. It is committed to the holistic development of critical/analytical thinkers, independent researchers,  life-long/life mastery learners and cultural artisans cultivated from a rich yet challenging course of inquiry attracting students with multiple interests (history, creative production, science, mathematics, politics, psychology, sociology, medicine, education, law, language, etc.). Its more than than a degree, its a way of life.

For nearly 250 years Africans in America have engaged in efforts to retain, revive and clarify a self-defined diasporan identity within the mainstream landscape of an American culture, evolved from a western European origin. Over the past 40 years, Roots Scholars have worked to revive and

The value of diversity more recognized UNESCO 2005 etc. diversity is critical

"To hate oneself and ones people is not normal. To always seek to be like another is not normal. That which is normal for us will never be normal for us as long and the abnormal defines what normality is."  Haki Madhubuti (The Book of Life). Know Thy Self - Peace

See what people do with a major/minor in African/African Studies

* Why Study Africa & African-American Studies?
* Why Major in African American Studies?
* What can I do with a Black Studies Major?
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NOTE:  This site was constructed for demonstration purposes only to illustrate the power of student agency, communalism, and creative thought that contribute to the construction of ones destiny for which Roots Scholars of all genre can be inspired by and learn from in the lessons of life mastery (3SCTeam).