Jah Kente International ®, Inc.
  • Mission
    • The Vision and Journey
  • Board & Management
    • Dr.BarksdaleHall
    • Contacts
  • INTERNATIONAL
    • African Union ECOSOCC - Ghana
    • Youth Specfic
    • Heritage Tours and Development
    • Central Africa Region >
      • Cameroon
  • PROGRAMS
    • Poetry for Purpose >
      • Spoken Word
      • Written Word
    • Visual Arts >
      • SerenityPonger
      • Samara Winston
      • Ashley Torres
    • Global Politics, Leadership, and Diplomacy
    • Culinary Arts and Sommelier
    • Textile, Fashion Arts and Cosmetology
    • Medicine and Arts
    • Film
    • Theatre >
      • Professor Kelsey Collie
      • Dance
      • Business Development
      • Financial Literacy >
        • Employee Task - Financial Literacy with Dr Wansi
      • MBSYEP 2021 VISUAL ARTISTS >
        • Dare to Amaze Youths >
          • Christian Pree
          • myjadarbymkthepoet
          • Ajani Obaseki
          • Chiamaka Irika
          • Hope Payne
          • Communication Media Arts
          • DOES - MBSYEP PROPOSAL AND CONTRACT
          • OST Project Proficient
  • News/Events
    • COVID-19
    • Archives
  • HUMANITIES
    • UnderstandingtheSouth >
      • Journey of Reconciliation
      • Teachable Momen-FDR and Obama
    • Great Literature >
      • Things Fall Apart >
        • Metaphor and Similes
        • Tone
        • Igbo Phrases
  • JOB TRAINING SOFT SKILL
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Mission: 

Through the arts and humanities, Jah Kente International, Inc. improves the quality of life in the community with the discovery, creation, and dissemination of knowledge of human experience, thought-provoking nature of the arts and expressions that cultivate intellectual breadth, foster ethical reasoning and understanding, build communities, embrace diversity, and inspire the preservation of the much less understood and underappreciated African arts and culture.

Toward these ends, we prepare adaptable and visionary leaders who are equipped and capable of addressing the complexities of the human experience both locally and globally.

Vision:

​From nurturing the cultural spirt of Africa in the Diaspora in the mid-nineties, the manifested drive and direction depict Jah Kente International’s sense of purpose as an ardent advocate of the arts not only through its obvious beauty and aesthetic appeal, but also as an economic engine through the creative industry.

All of these require the human family to continually reinvent itself in advancing arts and humanities with community consciousness through creative work and ideas that demonstrate the impact of the arts and creativity on society, as a catalyst for global understanding and collaboration, as a contributor to the debate within the humanities on issues with local and global significance, and also with an informed understanding of the African culture and its contributions to world civilization.

In exploring every aspect of human culture, from literature, philosophy, and religion, languages, architecture, dance to music, whether you want to start a business, devote your life to public service, practice law or medicine, or become an astronaut, a foundation in the arts and humanities gives you the insight and critical thinking skills to live an examined life of purpose, to express yourself with self-dignity, and to appreciate your role in, and relationship with, your local community and wider world.

As such, Jah Kente International invests in the vibrant cultural life of the nation’s capital and its metropolitan area and with persons of all persuasions. We value civic engagement on a broad range of topics, from historic to contemporary social movements, and from ancient texts to the digital dimensions of art and literature.

We believe that specialized and interdisciplinary knowledge of people and their cultures through a diverse and vigorous curriculum intended to develop skills required for life in the civil society and leadership in the inter-connected global society are critical today more than ever.

In effect, regardless of what your academic or professional goals may be, the arts and humanities provide a vital foundation from which to explore and understand our world. EXPLORE THE EXHILARATING MOMENTS WE ENVISIONED


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 ​Founded in 1997 and incorporated in the District of Columbia, Washington,

DC, United States on November 19, 1998, Jah Kente International, Inc. is a

non-profit, 501 (c) 3 tax exempt and tax deductible organization, a member

of  the Institute of Black Charities and the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC

​code 43710 since 2008). We are campaigning for the DC One Fund

under United Black Fund.

BUILDING VIABLE COMMUNITIES ON THE FOUNDATION OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES AND NURTURING THE CULTURAL SPIRIT AND EMPOWERMENT OF PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT.
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Jah Kente International, Inc.

Engages  exclusively for charitable, religious, cultural, education and scientific purposes, including facilitating developments of programs in partnerships with other non-profit organizations that have an existing 501 (c) (3) status.

Educates  and facilitates coordination, cooperation among public and private organizations, and the public on educational information pertaining to African heritage and histories.

Promotes and fosters within the general public activities that generate public awareness about indigenous peoples of Africa.

Produces  (1) curatorial and literary presentations, (2) research and education, (3) collecting, archiving, preserving, restoring, and displaying artifacts for the preservation of the cultural heritage, and (4) transfer of emerging technologies to preserve and promote the cultural patrimony of people of African descent.

Fosters sustainable development, multicultural and peaceable communities through project-based programs in arts and humanities.

Designs and executes  holistic development programs of youths through disciplines in the creative industry, which is focused on the Arts & Economic Prosperity.

Develops and implements Out of School programs that complement the formal curricula of students and for work readiness.

Develops and executes  the Sankofa Exchange, which is a inquire project-based  cultural  immersion  program through international exchange for youths.

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JAH KENTE INTERNATIONAL, INC. IS  HOST THE MARION S. BARRY SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM


2020 tOUR TO AFRICA -COMING UP 
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EXPLORE THE GROUNDS

EXPLORE WE ARE

CIVICALLY ENGAGED


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CULTURALLY GROUNDED



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LET US CARE ABOUT OUR ENVIRONMENT 

STAY TUNNED
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3807 NEW HAMPSHIRE AVE. 
​WASHINGTON, DC 20011

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MAIN: (202) 829-1160
FAX: (202) 217-4972
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info@jahkente.org
management@jahkente.org
  • Mission
    • The Vision and Journey
  • Board & Management
    • Dr.BarksdaleHall
    • Contacts
  • INTERNATIONAL
    • African Union ECOSOCC - Ghana
    • Youth Specfic
    • Heritage Tours and Development
    • Central Africa Region >
      • Cameroon
  • PROGRAMS
    • Poetry for Purpose >
      • Spoken Word
      • Written Word
    • Visual Arts >
      • SerenityPonger
      • Samara Winston
      • Ashley Torres
    • Global Politics, Leadership, and Diplomacy
    • Culinary Arts and Sommelier
    • Textile, Fashion Arts and Cosmetology
    • Medicine and Arts
    • Film
    • Theatre >
      • Professor Kelsey Collie
      • Dance
      • Business Development
      • Financial Literacy >
        • Employee Task - Financial Literacy with Dr Wansi
      • MBSYEP 2021 VISUAL ARTISTS >
        • Dare to Amaze Youths >
          • Christian Pree
          • myjadarbymkthepoet
          • Ajani Obaseki
          • Chiamaka Irika
          • Hope Payne
          • Communication Media Arts
          • DOES - MBSYEP PROPOSAL AND CONTRACT
          • OST Project Proficient
  • News/Events
    • COVID-19
    • Archives
  • HUMANITIES
    • UnderstandingtheSouth >
      • Journey of Reconciliation
      • Teachable Momen-FDR and Obama
    • Great Literature >
      • Things Fall Apart >
        • Metaphor and Similes
        • Tone
        • Igbo Phrases
  • JOB TRAINING SOFT SKILL