Mission
Through the arts and humanities, Jah Kente International ® (JKI), Inc. improves the quality of life in the community with the discovery, creation, and dissemination of knowledge on human experience, expressions, and opportunities to cultivate sustainable development, the preservation of African arts and culture, and multicultural collaboration. Toward these ends, JKI fosters arts and humanities scholarship and leadership that address the complexities of human experience.
Vision
JKI is an ardent advocate of the arts not only for its obvious beauty and aesthetic appeal, but also as an economic engine through the creative industry, a contributor to research and discourse within the humanities on issues of local and global significance, and as a catalyst for multicultural understanding, arts diplomacy and collaboration.
In exploring every aspect of human development, from literature, philosophy, sciences, and religion, languages, architecture, law, business, to public service, a foundation in arts and humanities gives you the insight and critical thinking skills to live an examined life, to express yourself with self-dignity, and to appreciate your role in, and relationship with, your local community and wider world.
The recurring experiences in JKI can be summarized in the key points:
Arts and humanities are not just a tool for personal expression and methods of celebrations, but also lenses to examine perceptions of society; how our history and arts are preserved and shared; as resources with positive impact on youth development; as avenues for multiethnic collaborations; as soft power diplomacy and prevention of conflicts and wars; and as engines of economic development. Further, arts constitute a universal language that enables us to understand diversity, cultures, and our most complex issues. Arts and humanities are what make us human.
PROGRAMS
Jah Kente International, Inc. is a Multidisciplinary Arts and Humanities
organization offering research-based programming in performing, visual
arts (including fashion and photography), media communication arts,
ethnohistory, social studies, literature and creative writing, international
exchange, arts diplomacy, and uses the arts to connect to other fields.
Jah Kente International, Inc. is a Multidisciplinary Arts and Humanities
organization offering research-based programming in performing, visual
arts (including fashion and photography), media communication arts,
ethnohistory, social studies, literature and creative writing, international
exchange, arts diplomacy, and uses the arts to connect to other fields.
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Founded in 1997 and incorporated in the District of Columbia, Washington,
DC, United States in 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).
DC, United States in 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).
