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imagine a school that taught young african children to love their color
their heritage and their culture a school that would teach about our great african men and women
of the past and the richness of our history a school that emphasized on self-love and awareness
no need to imagine because we already have one
children in freedom school is an afrocentric primary school in kenya
and was founded by oku kanayo and utheri in 2018. according to them they were fed up with
the existing western narrative that points the african continent as backward and in
need of saving frustrated by this they decided to change things and establish an afrocentric school
so what makes the school so unique well to obtain its mission of afrocentrism they teach a blend of
the national curriculum and the freedom curriculum they emphasize on teaching 21st century skills
and they also emphasize on innovation and tech savviness and lastly they really
emphasize on ubuntu to better understand this listen to what the founders had to say
when we say afrocentric we mean africa centered that we are preparing black children to love
themselves and to own who they are and where they come from we had a charity called trilogy freedom
and we were very shocked to see that the children need a lot of mentorship encouragement and
something more than just what they learn that is what motivated us to actually start their
children in freedom school at first when i came here i was embarrassed in using my african name
but they encouraged me and then i saw that using an african name is the best thing because africa
is great and my color after like my color language is a very important tool in shaping identity okay
so here we do mother tongue speaking my mother tongue makes me feel proud of myself makes me
feel happy and free children in freedom school aims to reclaim africa's glory on the global
stage by recognizing the greatness inherent in every african children nurturing it from an early
age and preparing them to use their greatness to design solutions that will change the world
the school goes all the way from kindergarten to primary level with plans to make up an african
secondary school there they'll be able to host children from any african country or the diaspora
and give local and international families an opportunity for their children to
benefit from an education that is rooted in powerful afrocentric knowledge and truths
africa is the center black people are the center black culture belief our languages
who we are our identities our greatness are at the center now why afrocentrism is because
we have moved away from the center of ourselves we have assimilated other cultures especially
through colonization which we have never come out from and so we want ourselves
back in the center we want our identities to shine we want our strength to shine and that's the only
way we can be relevant to the world that's the only way the african child will be able to sit
next to their peers abroad and be comfortable because they're already great within themselves
the aim for african children to be proud of their heritage and own who they are moving
away from the current practice of africans being ashamed of who they are and where they come from
because of the international nature of the school local and international curriculums
will be offered while adding afrocentric education through their freedom curriculum
what better way for our children to believe in themselves
know their true values know their true history appreciate their heritage and
have a strong african identity then learning it from such an early age
the school is located in nakuru kenya and is a boarding school
i'm interested to know if you our viewers would love to enroll your children in the school thank
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