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Honorary Patrons and Advisory Board Members are honorary appointees in the category of Kings, Queens, Heads of State, and Big Donors who support our cause. The administration of the Museum is entrusted to a 30-member International Board of Trustees appointed from various parts of the pan African world – North, South, West, East, Central Africa; North America; the Caribbean; South America. The Board operates under a TRUST DEED registered in Accra, Ghana. The Secretariat of the Museum in Accra is managed by an Executive Council established in accordance with the Trust Laws of Ghana which executes the mandate of the International Board. It is the Executive Council which directly supervises the management and operations of the Museum and its facilities.

Honorary council of patrons
Honorary Advisory council
International Board of Trustees
International Academic Council
Curatorial Board
Executive Council

PAHM

Honorary Council of Patrons

H.E. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo

President, Republic of Ghana

Chairperson

1st Named Patron

HIM Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III

Alaafin of Oyo

HIM Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II

Ooni of Ife

Dr Sir Sam Jonah

Chairman, Jonah Capital

HRM Kimera Muwenda Mutebi II

Kabaka of Buganda, Uganda

Otumfuo Osei Tutu II

Asantehene

HE Seretse Khama Ian Khama

Ex-President of the Republic of Botswana

Dr Mamphela Ramphele

South African Politician and Activist.

HE Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas

Former Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Office for West Africa.

PAHM

Honorary Advisory Council

Prof Kofi Asare Opoku

Member, Chairperson

Professor & Chair, Kwabena Nketia Centre for Africana Studies, AUCC, Accra, Ghana

Mr Viktor Sebek

Chairman, SSCC

Madame Ela Gandhi

SSCC

Madame Hedva Ser

UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador

Prince Yemisi Shyllon

Chartered Stockbroker & Prince of Ake in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria

PAHM

International Board of Trustees

Dr. Joseph Silver (USA)

Chairperson

Mr Viktor Sebek

Chairman, SSCC

Ms Boshigo Matlou

Vice Chair, South Africa

Mrs Suezanne Awotwi

Secretary, UK

Rabbi Kohain Halevi

GH/USA

Amb. William Awinador-Kanyirige

Amb. Nyahuma Obika

T&T

Mr. Abdel-Monem Fawzi-Moneir

Egypt

Mr. Bobby Benson Jr.

Nigeria

Dr. Colin Sentongo

Uganda

Dr. Afia Zakiya

USA/GH

Dr Francis Gbormittah

Ghana

Mr Joseph Warungu

Kenya

Prof. Alinah Segobye

Dean of Human Sciences, Namibia University of Science and Technology.

Mr. Charles Ezra Ferrell

Vice Chair - Executive Council (International Operations)

Mr. Akin Adewojun

Nigeria

Mr. Andrew Pianim

UK Chair-FRBD Committee

Mr. Bonile Jack-Pama

Coordinator, Southern Africa Chapter

Mr. Emmanuel Frimpong

Co-ordinator, Ghana Chapter

Mr. Greg Smith

USA

Mr. Jeff Facundez

Brazil

Mr. Joey Peltier

Dominica

Ms. Josephine Uwamariya

Rwanda

Mr. Maxwell Amo-Hoyte

USA, Association of African Universities

Dr. Michael Williams

Ghana Chapter

Mr. Mwalimu Arnold Ngoyani

Kenya

Rev. Winston Williams

Trinidad & Tobago/USA Chapters

Mr. Nuwa Wamala Nnyanzi

Uganda

Dr. Obadele Kambon

Ghana

Okyeame Kwame

Ghana - Youth Ambassador

Mr. Ousman Touray

Gambia Chapter - Youth Ambassador

Dr. Andy Knight

Canada/T&T

Edna Rodriguez

Brazil Coordinator

Jeremiah Alamazani Isumu

DR Congo

Sena Voncujovi

Japan/Ghana

Dominic Tapfuma

Zimbabwe Coordinator

PAHM

International Academic Council

Prof Sheila Walker

Professor in Cultural Anthropology & Diasporan Studies

Chairperson

Prof. Molefi Kete Asante

Professor & Chair, Dept of Afrikology & African-American Studies, Temple Univ. PA

Prof Kofi Asare Opoku

Professor & Chair, Kwabena Nketia Centre for Africana Studies, AUCC, Accra, Ghana

Prof Magueye Kasse

Prof Mohamed Camara

Chair, Department of African Studies, Howard University, Washington, DC Department of African

Prof Carole Boyce-Davis

Professor of English & African Studies, Cornell Univ, Ithaca, NY

Prof Pashington Obeng

Interim CEO, PAHM

Prof (Amb.) Abena P.A. Busia

Professor, Women & Gender Studies (currently Ambassador of Ghana to Brazil)

Prof Maulana Karenga

Professor of Africana Studies, California State Univ,. Long Beach, California

Prof Rupert Lewis

Prof Bertrade Ngo-Ngijol Banoum

Chair, Dept of African Studies, Lehman College-City Univ NY

Prof Aurora Vergara-Figueroa

Director, Afrodiaporic Studies Centre, ICESI Univ, Colombia

Prof Toyin Falola

Professor of History & African Studies, Univ of Texas at Austin, TX

Dr Funlayo Wood

Scholar, Practioner, African Traditional Religion, NC

Dr Kathryn Morgan

Director, African American Studies Dept, Alabama State Univ, Birmingham, AL

Emeritus Prof Iva Carruthers

Gen Sec, Samuel De Witt Proctor Conference

Prof Verene Shepherd

Prof Amina Mama

Kwame Nkrumah Centre, IAS, Univ of Ghana, Legon

Prof Kehbuma Langmia

Professor & Chair, Dept of Strategic, Legal, & Management Communication, Howard Univ, Wash DC

Prof Kwesi Yankah

retired Professor of Linguistics, University of Ghana

Prof. Kofi Lomotey

Retired Professor, Educational Leadership

Dr. Carolyn Cooper

Jamaica

Prof. J. J. Olodum

Brazil/Bahia

Dr. Anu O. Wale Olaitan

AUCC, Ghana.

Prof. Kwame Karikari

Retired Journalism Professor

Dr. Philip Kankam

Chief Librarian, Pan African Heritage Library.

Dr. Yemane Demissie

Ethiopia/USA

PAHM

Curatorial Board

Prof. Molefi Kete Asante

Temple University,Pa Chairperson

Chairperson

Professor & Chair, Dept of Afrikology & African-American Studies, Temple Univ. PA

Prof Sheila Walker

Professor in Cultural Anthropology & Diasporan Studies

Prof Kofi Asare Opoku

Prof Pashington Obeng

Dr. Babacar Mbow

Convener, Curatorial Board, Miami-Florida

Prof. Alinah Segobye

Dean of Human Sciences, Namibia University of Science and Technology.

Mr. Anthony Browder

USA

Dr. Lanisa Kitchener

USA

Mr. Nii Kwate Owoo

Ghana

Ms. Nubia Wardford Polk

USA

Dr. Ibrahima Seck

Senegal/USA

Mr. Imruh Bakari

Ms. June Giovanni

Mr. Onyekachi Wambu

Mr. Filo Asfilofio

Brazil

Prof. Henry Drewal

USA

Senator Patricia Bovey

Canada

Pauline Petinaud

Jamaica

Prof. Kodzo Gavua

Ghana

Dr. Ali Moussa Iye

Djibouti/Somalia

Prof. Kebedetch Tekleab

Ethiopia/USA

PAHM

Executive Council

Hon Kojo Yankah

Chairperson

Founder, PAHM

Mr. Bright Afful

Mr Ladi Nylander

Vice Chair (Operations)

Dr. Babacar Mbow

Vice Chair (Digital Museum)

Dr Sam Mensah

Vice Chair (Finance/Investments)

Mr. Charles Ezra Ferrell

Coordinator, USA.

Mr Bobby Banson

Attorney

Ms. Brenda Joyce

Member

Ms. Marigold Akufo-Addo

Member

Mr John Mitchell

Member

Ms. Nana Ama Yankah

Member

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Endorsements

I accept your offer to make me the first patron of the Pan African Heritage World project, and I wish to encourage all my colleague Heads of State, Kings & Queens, Celebrities, Investors, Philanthropists and well-meaning personalities to this great initiative.

H.E. Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo Addo - President of the Republic of Ghana

The African Union Commission welcomes and supports the initiative to establish a Pan African Heritage World Museum...the Commission stands ready to mobilize all relevant agencies and constituents within Africa and the Diaspora to support this historic endeavor”

Ambassador Kwesi Quartey - AUC Deputy Chairperson (Sept 21, 2020)

Ghana as the choice venue of the museum has been at the front of the Pan-Africanist agenda and this museum seeks to create a space to understand the heritage of Africa and its diaspora and needs to be supported. The virtual museum component could provide information and new knowledge to countless people without them being physically present at the museum.

Mr. Abdourahamane Diallo - UNESCO Representative, Ghana

The Pan African Heritage World Museum will honour and preserve the tremendous legacy of our ancestors and ensure that there is an accurate historical account for generations to come... the NAACP supports this project.

Derrick Johnson - President & CEO, NAACP

My office wholeheartedly supports your efforts and will provide you with all the necessary backing and partnership to ensure a successful project.

Mr. Akwasi Awua Ababio - Office of the President,Director of Diaspora Affairs, Republic of Ghana.

About PAHM

After Centuries of Separation, Peoples of African Descent have an obligation to share a common space to bridge the wide gap that has existed among them through deliberate miseducation and historical suppression. PAHM aims to correct this miseducation.