Fathiyah S.S. ~ Founder / Executive Director

Brooklyn, New York, USA
"I did not grow up having any interest in Africa, especially considering all I really ever heard was pretty negative and stereotypical (not that I knew that then). I was close-minded. It took meeting and having conversation with people who were not only from Africa, but they still lived there, and for some reason, that meant a world of difference for me! Those friends were from the Soweto Gospel Choir, and they truly opened my eyes to what I had not only been culturally deprived of by our traditional systems here, but what I deprived myself of, out of lack of awareness. I became curious and sought to find out more, and what I have learned and continue to learn about Africa and the Diaspora, I want everyone to also know! It's so much more than what I ever thought--our people are nothing short of greatness, period, and Africa is beautiful--on the Continent and wherever its influence and generations are, all around the globe! " 

Latonya P. ~ Founding Board Member

Nashville, Tennessee, USA

"I want be included in the hydration of an educational and cultural environment geared toward the celebration of Black people."

Windship B. ~ Founding Board Member

Nashville, TN, USA ( also Lyon, France)

"As someone who has travelled through West Africa since 2003, been married and has a child who is half Senegalese, I can say that I have strong love and attachment to West Africa. I am always happy to provide a bridge, culturally and linguistically, between American and West African people."

Jaacalyn D. ~ Founding Board Member

Texas, USA

"I take the saying “For The Culture” very seriously! It includes my family and friends, here in America, and those of African descent around the world. We are all connected and what we do here (in the U.S) extends all over the world. We must unite to make our world a better place. I’m committed, and the change starts with me!"

Angela J. ~ Founding Board Member

Paducah, Kentucky, USA

"I love the idea of us helping to provide resources and information that teaches about the various African countries, people, cultures, dances, etc., while sharing opportunities with African descendants who want to learn more about their ancestors, who helped paved the way for some of the opportunities we have today. It’s important for us to share any and everything positive, that can help clear up any misconceptions about Africa, and to someday offer a place (our future AfriCultural Life Center) that will hopefully to bring us closer together."

Joe S. ~ Founding Board Member

Nashville, Tennessee, USA

"A large number of African descendants don't know our history, so what we want to do through our mission is help make that clearer, because most of the history told to us is not all the history we need to know."

Bruce J. ~ Founding Board Member

Nevis, West Indies

"It is no secret, civilization was conceived on the back of Mother Africa ... and for centuries, the continent has been the unmoved and unmatched icon in the rooted foundation of world edification, sophistication, and progress. 

With that in mind, in a refreshing way, when the concept of the World AfriCultural Community Project was introduced to me, it immensely summoned my attention, gravitated my interests... I had to hear more — the idea was untapped, the possibilities were unexplored... the vision was soulful. And with that same energized response and dutiful responsibility, I hope this evoking project will educate, enlighten, and empower you, as we learn more about our evolvement as a collective people."

Julia T.  ~ Intern

The Gambia

Growing up and learning about the way international media portrayed Africa – and the way in which it influenced people’s thoughts and perceptions about the continent - was truly disconcerting and frustrating. I remember having conversations with friends and loved ones who had lived abroad, about how often they’d have to clarify that they didn’t ‘sleep in trees’ or ‘wander about with no clothing’ and so forth. And although we’d have a good laugh about it, I couldn’t shake off the feeling that too many people from around the world had been misinformed about the continent, and thinking of ways to tackle this problem felt impossible and futile. Several years along the line and I come across The World AfriCultural Community Project (WACCP) and was pleasantly surprised to find people outside the continent willing to learn about Africa, embrace our many diverse cultures and educate people about the continent. So here at WACCP, we’ll show you that there is more to Africa than poverty, hunger and disease, and hopefully by the end of it all-- when you think Africa, you'll think, love, sharing, beauty and diversity. 

"We owe it to ourselves to know who each other is and where we exist in the world...because we are

a dynamic group of people,

who are all connected, somehow."    

~ Fathiyah S.S.