Baruti I. Katembo
FL, US
The Sociotechnologist
Itimu Katembo, a native of Jacksonville, FL, is an Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Technology at Edward Waters College (EWC) in Jacksonville, FL. At EWC, he is the founder and director of the Wakaguzi Forum (2002-present, a multidisciplinary lecture series for the College. He has over a decade of experience in teaching mathematics at various colleges and universities in the United States. Professor Katembo's educational background includes an undergraduate degree in industrial engineering from A&T University in Greensboro, NC and graduate degrees in Applied Mathematics and Landscape Architecture, respectively from A&T University and NCSU. He received numerous honors and honor society inductions. Professor Katembo is also the founder and coordinator of the Ujuzi Group (2005), an Edward Waters College think-tank comprised of EWC faculty who explore opportunities for the college to involve itself in African oriented endeavors. He has participated in many seminars, conferences and discussions involving African-centered issues and also is the author and co-author of numerous papers involving a synthesis of sociotechnology, culture, economics, and the use of resources. Katembo has done research in America, South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana, Tanzania and Swaziland on developing practical concepts to promote contemporary, pan-African empowerment. He has also published a book in 2001 entitled Elephants in a Bamboo Cage: The Black Condition, the American Psyche, and the Next Step Forward which critiques the race problem in the United States and posits solutions using a synthesis of strategies involving technology, economics, language and culture. Programs: -The Future of Black Colleges -African Inter-Nation Economic Integration -African / African-American Reparations -Use of ELEPHANT as an acronym for 8 major building-block pillars of nation-building SPEAKER'S PRODUCTS Elephants in a Bamboo Cage: The Black Condition, the American Psyche, and the Next Step Forward by Itimu Katembo
Itimu Katembo, a native of Jacksonville, FL, is an Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Technology at Edward Waters College (EWC) in Jacksonville, FL. At EWC, he is the founder and director of the Wakaguzi Forum (2002-present, a multidisciplinary lecture series for the College. He has over a decade of experience in teaching mathematics at various colleges and universities in the United States. Professor Katembo's educational background includes an undergraduate degree in industrial engineering from A&T University in Greensboro, NC and graduate degrees in Applied Mathematics and Landscape Architecture, respectively from A&T University and NCSU. He received numerous honors and honor society inductions. Professor Katembo is also the founder and coordinator of the Ujuzi Group (2005), an Edward Waters College think-tank comprised of EWC faculty who explore opportunities for the college to involve itself in African oriented endeavors. He has participated in many seminars, conferences and discussions involving African-centered issues and also is the author and co-author of numerous papers involving a synthesis of sociotechnology, culture, economics, and the use of resources. Katembo has done research in America, South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana, Tanzania and Swaziland on developing practical concepts to promote contemporary, pan-African empowerment. He has also published a book in 2001 entitled Elephants in a Bamboo Cage: The Black Condition, the American Psyche, and the Next Step Forward which critiques the race problem in the United States and posits solutions using a synthesis of strategies involving technology, economics, language and culture. Programs: -The Future of Black Colleges -African Inter-Nation Economic Integration -African / African-American Reparations -Use of ELEPHANT as an acronym for 8 major building-block pillars of nation-building SPEAKER'S PRODUCTS Elephants in a Bamboo Cage: The Black Condition, the American Psyche, and the Next Step Forward by Itimu Katembo
2010