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Some of you may not know this, but Baba Runoko Rashidi was a pioneer in online teaching long before it became a “thing”. Baba Runoko had a tremendous influence on the course and direction of Abibitumi in its formative years. I’ve gone through the archives and I’ve found dates and course descriptions of just a few of the courses taught and lectures conducted by Baba Runoko Rashidi through Abibitumi Kasa:
THE ANCIENT AFRICAN DIASPORA–AN ONLINE LECTURE BY RUNOKO RASHIDI
Saturday, March 17, 2012
THE MODERN AFRICAN DIASPORA
Saturday, March 17, 2012
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WHO IS THE ORIGINAL MAN? ONLINE LECTURE PRESENTATION BY RUNOKO RASHIDI
February 25th, 2012
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December 19th, 2008 at 9:00PM Eastern Time! Class itself begins December 26th, 2008 at 9:00PM!
AROUND THE WORLD WITH RUNOKO RASHIDI
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A TRIBUTE TO GREAT BLACK WOMEN IN HISTORY
December 17th, 2-4PM EST
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Dr. Runoko Rashidi’s The Global African Presence Lecture Online
Saturday November 5th, 2011
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The Global African Presence Online Workshop–the AFRICAN PRESENCE IN EARLY AMERICA, AUSTRALIA AND THE PACIFIC
September 16 through September 18, 2011

Friday September 16–African Presence in Early America at 7:00 pm Eastern Standard Time

Saturday September 17 –Black Presence in Australia and the Pacific at 11:00 am Eastern Standard Time

Sunday September 18–Both workshops–African Presence in Early America and Black Presence in Australia and the Pacific–repeated at 10:00 am Eastern Standard Time
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Class begins Saturday morning, February 6, 2010 at 10:00 AM Eastern Standard Time!

Register Now for this exciting Class!!!

THE GLOBAL AFRICAN PRESENCE: A NEW COURSE BY RUNOKO RASHIDI

COURSE DESCRIPTION

The Global African Presence, a new on-line course by Runoko Rashidi, focuses on African people around the world, both ancient and modern. It examines the African origins and evolution of humanity, the African presence in classical civilizations, and the present locations and conditions of African people. In this course we will be using the words African and Black interchangeably, as synonyms. This includes Africans as the first modern humans, the subsequent migrations and movements of African people out of Africa and the later involuntary scattering of African people around the world as the result of enslavement.

SYLLABUS

WEEK 1

THE AFRICAN ORIGINS OF HUMANITY AND CIVILIZATION

Our first class begins with a look at the African Origins of Humanity and Human Culture. And then we trace the evolution of classical civilization in Africa, beginning in Central Africa, and examine Nile Valley Civilization, highlighting KMT (Ancient Egypt)–the world’s greatest ancient nation.

WEEK 2

CLASSICAL AFRICAN CIVILIZATIONS

We return to the Nile Valley and then look briefly at other African civilizations including Carthage, Axum, and the great West African
civilizations.

WEEK 3

THE AFRICAN PRESENCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND SOUTH ASIA

In week three of our course we look at the African presence in such places as the Arabian Peninsula, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Iraq, Iran, Turkey, Pakistan and India–including an examination of the Dalits–India’ s Black Untouchables.

WEEK 4

AFRICANS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA, EAST ASIA, AUSTRALIA

Here we continue with India and cover a vast area that includes the peopling and civilizations of the Philippines, Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, Japan, and China.

WEEK 5

THE AFRICAN PRESENCE IN EUROPE

In this class we look at African people as the first people of Europe before we deal with African presence in Greek mythology, African popes and caesars and martyrs, Black Madonnas and African Saints.

WEEK 6

In this class we look at the mighty Moors and great African men in Europe during the time of enslavement.
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Dr. Runoko Rashidi’s Global Afrikan Presence Online Course, August 29, 2008