We are excited to engage in dialogue with these notable individuals:
Anthony T. Browder
Anthony T. Browder is an author, publisher, cultural historian, artist, and an educational consultant. He is a graduate of Howard University’s College of Fine Arts and has lectured extensively throughout the United States, Africa, Caribbean, Mexico, Japan and Europe, on issues related to African and African American History and Culture.
Mr. Browder is the founder and director of IKG Cultural Resources and has devoted 30 years researching ancient Egyptian history, science, philosophy and culture.
He has traveled to Egypt 54 times since 1980 and is currently director of the ASA Restoration Project, which is funding the excavation and restoration of the 25thdynasty tomb of Karakhamun in Luxor, Egypt.
Browder is the first African American to fund and coordinate an archeological dig in Egypt and has conducted 23 archeological missions to Egypt since 2009.
Mr. Browder’s three decades of study have led him to the conclusion that ancient Africans were the architects of civilization and developed the rudiments of what has become the scientific, religious, and philosophical backbone of mankind. It is from this framework that IKG has concentrated its research and disseminated its findings.
Through IKG, Mr. Browder sponsors lectures, seminars, cultural field trips of Washington, D.C., publishes his research, and has conducted study tours to Egypt, West Africa, South Africa and Mexico since 1987.
He is the author of six publications (including the best sellers, From the Browder File and Nile Valley Contributions to Civilization) and the co-author of six publications, including two written with his now 35 year-old daughter, Atlantis Tye. All of Mr. Browder’s publications are currently being used in classrooms around the world.
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Jonathan Gayles, Ph. D.
Dr. Jonathan Gayles, Ph.D. is a Professor of African-American Studies at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia. He previously served as Associate Dean for Undergraduate Learning for the College of Arts and Sciences, as well as Associate Provost for Institutional Effectiveness. He is a graduate of Morehouse College (B.A., Psychology), Winthrop University (M.S., School Psychology) and the University of South Florida (Ph.D., applied anthropology). His primary areas of interest include the anthropology of education, educational policy, Black masculinity, race and ethnicity and critical media studies.
He has mentored students participating in the Robert E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Research Program and the Georgia State University Undergraduate Research Conference, with many of those students winning awards in national competitions as well. He received the Georgia State University Torch of Peace Award for his efforts in post Hurricane Katrina relief.
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