Molefi K. Asante, Professor of African American Studies at Temple University
*Djibril Diallo, Senior Communications Advisor for UNAIDS
Gumisai Gideon Gapare, Deputy Ambassador, Embassy of Zimbabwe
Maulana Karenga, Professor of Africana Studies at California State University, Long Beach
Nicole Lee, Executive Director of TransAfrica Forum
Ama Mazama, Associate Professor of African American Studies at Temple University
Tukufu Zuberi, Professor of Sociology and Chair of African American Studies at the University of Pennsylvania

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