Teaching for Liberation: African wisdom meets the AI era

In an era dominated by AI, algorithms, and disembodied learning, children and adults alike are facing unprecedented challenges: disconnection from self and spirit, dopamine-driven tech addiction, loss of imagination, and behavioral mislabeling of grief or protest.

This three-day hybrid gathering offers a deep dive into African pedagogical wisdom, liberatory Montessori practices, and ancestral technologies as antidotes. Together, we will explore how to raise and teach children—and prepare ourselves as parents, educators, and leaders—to stay rooted in humanity while navigating the AI era.

AI is no longer just a tool—it is shaping the consciousness of the next generation. But we are not powerless. African wisdom traditions remind us that education is a cultural and spiritual act, one that reclaims dignity, restores balance (Maat), and nurtures critical consciousness.

Across three days, we will:

• Examine the behavioral challenges youth are facing in this climate of oppression and tech dependency.
  
• Explore the intersections of AI and African wisdom—asking how we might use AI ethically and responsibly.
  
• Activate practices of Kindezi, Sankofa, and ancestral intelligence to sustain joy, resilience, and cultural identity.
  
• Engage in embodied, land-based, and storytelling practices that reconnect us to self, community, and Earth.
  
• Imagine liberatory futures where children grow as protagonists of their own humanity, not products of algorithms.
  

Day 1 – Setting the Stage

• African wisdom anchors (Kindezi, Sankofa, Maat) in the AI era
  
• Tech’s impact on behavior, attention, and embodiment
  
• Tools for emotional regulation, critical consciousness, and joy
  

Day 2 – Transformation in Practice

• African pedagogy as ancestral technology
  
• Rituals, storytelling, rites of passage, and liberatory classroom tools
  
• Ethical use of AI without surrendering human sovereignty
  

Day 3 – Diaspora Panel & Collective Visioning

• Panel with educators and thought leaders from the U.S. and Africa, including voices from African Montessori Hub, Montessori on Wheels, and authors of Nsaka Sunsum (Touching the Spirit): A Pedagogy and Process of Black Educational Excellence
  
• Dialogue on reclaiming African ways of knowing across the diaspora
  
• Closing ritual of collective imagination and commitment
  

This gathering is for:

• Educators ready to decolonize practice and rehumanize classrooms
  
• Parents & caregivers seeking culturally grounded tools for raising conscious children
  
• School leaders & coaches reimagining educational environments
  
• Healers, organizers, and community builders committed to liberation in a tech-driven world
  

We cannot afford to become products of our environment—or of algorithms. This Master Class is an invitation to reclaim identity, activate intuitive intelligence, and ground in African ways of knowing so that the next generation may thrive.

This webinar is hybrid (online and in-person) at Bay Linguistic Advancement Center 3225 Adeline St. Berkeley, CA. 94703. There will also be a panel discussion about African pedagogy with Koren Clark, Zetha Nobles, Tatenda Blessing Muchiriri and Makomborero Carl Muropa.

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Host or Publisher Your Hosts: Koren Clark and Ayanna Nobles.