A Digital Expression of African American Heritage
Partnership with:
Digital Empowerment Academy
Gospel Temple Church of God in Christ
Ober Community Center
Background
The Akan people live in West Africa,
"Akan culture can be found in the New World. A number of Akans were taken as captives to the Americas. Roughly ten-percent of all slave ships embarked from the Gold Coast. These Akan captives were notorious for a large number of slave revolts and plantation resistance tactics. These captives were feared throughout the Americas so much so that we can see their legacy within groups such as the Maroons of the Caribbean and South America" Wikipedia Oct. 15 2018
The DA stands for Digital Academy, thus Camp Akan-DA is a about adapting a digital expression of African American Heritage.
"Akan culture can be found in the New World. A number of Akans were taken as captives to the Americas. Roughly ten-percent of all slave ships embarked from the Gold Coast. These Akan captives were notorious for a large number of slave revolts and plantation resistance tactics. These captives were feared throughout the Americas so much so that we can see their legacy within groups such as the Maroons of the Caribbean and South America" Wikipedia Oct. 15 2018
The DA stands for Digital Academy, thus Camp Akan-DA is a about adapting a digital expression of African American Heritage.
