Vision
The African Historical Society envisions a future in which African and African-descended students, scholars, educators, communities, and institutions have greater access to well-preserved, responsibly presented, and historically grounded knowledge of Africa’s past and its contributions to global civilization and culture.
AHS seeks to strengthen the study and public understanding of African history across ancient, medieval, and contemporary periods, while supporting educational and cultural institutions that preserve and interpret African historical knowledge with scholarly rigor and integrity.
Through research, education, public engagement, and responsible institutional collaboration, AHS aims to help inspire future generations with a deeper appreciation of Africa’s intellectual, cultural, and historical legacy.
The African Historical Society is a not-for-profit educational and archival institution committed to expanding responsible public access to African historical knowledge.
Meroitic: Kush- Ethiopia. The African script developed in situ used to write in the kingdoms / empires of Kush – Meroe – Ancient Ethiopia (an identity and/or empire?).
“Nubian”: “New Meroe”- Kush – Ethiopia – Sudan. The peoples of this region began using the Greek alphabet to write their own African languages (i.e., as Classical Arabic would a few centuries later be used to write the Songhay language in the universities of Timbuktu, Mali after the conversion to Islam) along with other older African scripts that developed in situ in Nile Valley African civilizations. It would become the last place that the languages that developed in situ in Nile Valley, Africa, that were also used earlier in KMT/Kamet/”Egypt”, persisted after Lower Egypt of the white crown had been fully Arabized.
Mission
The African Historical Society is an independent educational and archival institution dedicated to the preservation, study, and public understanding of African history, languages and culture.
Through education, research, public programming, and institutional collaboration, AHS works to support greater awareness of Africa’s historical and intellectual traditions.
Our work brings together scholars, educators, institutions, communities, and supporters who share a commitment to preserving and presenting African historical knowledge with integrity and care.
AHS welcomes collaboration with universities, libraries, museums, archives, foundations, cultural organizations, and responsible public and private institutions that support education, research, and heritage preservation.
Detailed project materials and partnership documents are shared only with approved partners under appropriate written agreements.
