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So Many Missing Pieces
We have been taught too little. African-American history is just a piece of Black history. Slavery is what gets taught. Not much else prior to that tragedy of human trafficking. There’s little to nothing regarding their country of origin.
It’s a matter of money in some schools. It’s a question of malice in others. Even World History in advanced placement chronicles European history.
It’s fascinating, given that all of human history began in Africa.
Our Solution
We are building a learning repository, an modern day classroom filled with visual and auditory lessons. Our classes are modular and self-paced. It is a small contribution to oral history. Classes taught and told by and about the people who lived it.
Let’s start where it all began.
What We Teach
Before February: 4-part series on African history.
![african woman](https://basicblack.io/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/the-people.jpg)
1. The People
From hominids to homo sapiens, Africans were farmers, warriors, gold traders and kings.
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2. Art & Language
Ancient rock art, the invention of pottery and the first written language in the world.
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3. Kingdoms & Empires
From Kush to Giza, Carthage to Kweneng, great empires rose from the sands.
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4. Religion & Spirituality
The Ancient Orishas of Yoruba, Ra, Isis, Islam, Christianity and it’s offshoot, Santería.
![science examines the past](https://basicblack.io/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/modern-science.jpg)
Future Past
In the light of new technology and scientific methods, genomics, anthropology and paleontology disrupt the historical record.
![](https://basicblack.io/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/inventor-matthew-cherry.jpg)
Leaders & Innovators
Men and women you won’t know – inventors, innovators, educators and scientists – who helped to build a better world.
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True Dat
A whole generation of artists and musicians, chefs and pastors, politicians and activists.This is advocacy with an attitude.
Teach A Class
People have never been more conscious of the impact of systemic racism. So many feel a sense or urgency, but don’t know what to do with it.
Holding a sign is a start, but it doesn’t feel like enough. Marching is feels good.
We need education. A chance to see what we never learned. For that we need teachers. Presenters, innovators and activists. Leaders.
This is our chance to create a common understanding of a common good. We can’t do it alone, but we can do it together. You can help.
![be-a-teacher](https://basicblack.io/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/be-a-teacher.jpg)
About Basic Black
We are a small startup company in Fayetteville, NC. Basic Black is one of the initiatives of The Orisha Project. Our mission is education - to deliver courses that teach the untold truth of the Black experience from ancient times to current days. Humanity has a common origin.
Contact information
PHONE: (910) 745-3409
EMAIL: info @ theorishaproject.io
We are as paperless as possible so we will not post our mailing address. If there's a reason to provide it, please contact us.
Basic Black Summary (PDF)