Mission / Vision

" There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life

that is less than the one you are capable of living." - Nelson Mandela

The Mission


  • To provide a safe space for persons of African descent to gain control over our destinies and to acquire a greater understanding of life through an Afro-centric Buddhist lens


  • To share Buddhism as a force for spiritual, physical, emotional, mental liberation within the African Diaspora


  • To be a supportive vehicle for Buddhists of African Descent to strengthen our faith, practice, study, and inherent Buddhahood

Sankofa Bird

Return, Go Back, Seek, and Retrieve


The Vision


  • People in the African diaspora utilizing Buddhism to diminish and eliminate negativity, ignorance, and oppression wherever it exists


  • People in the African diaspora utilizing Buddhism to accept responsibility for repairing the separation of who we are in this existence from our true selves and the universal life force inherent in all phenomena


  • People in the African diaspora utilizing Buddhism to restore and maintain harmony in our lived reality in order to be absolutely free and happy