Reparation from the root
The Ife Center
for ancestral knowledge
and innovation
We preserve memory, produce knowledge, and turn it into tools for the historical reparation of African peoples in Colombia and the world.
How we work
- 01Memory
- 02Knowledge
- 03Research
- 04Innovation
- 05Training
- 06Action
- 07Reparation
from the root
A living tree
of knowledge
From the root grows the trunk, and from the trunk four branches of knowledge. Each bears its own fruit, yet all draw from the same root.
Hover or tap each branch
Reparationfrom the root
Health for Liberation
Decolonizing the Mind
Reconnecting with Africa
Why Ife
The Ife Center reclaims the name and ancestral power of the ancient Yoruba city-state: Ilé-Ife, the cradle of humanity. In Yoruba tradition, Ife is where creation began —the point from which the earth spread over the waters— and the spiritual centre of a network of city-states across what is now Nigeria, Benin and Togo.
The Ife Center is a commitment to the historical reparation of African peoples in Colombia and the world, from the root and from ancestral knowledge. We believe our reparation requires an epistemic, cultural, philosophical and political return to our origins and our roots; that we recover the wisdom, knowledge and practices of our ancestors; and that we reconnect and organise with our extended family in Africa and its sixth region to advance collective pan-Africanist liberation.
- axes of work
- roots of knowledge
- languages
Axes
Five roots of knowledge
Each axis is a doorway: from it you reach research, resources, training and projects.
Resources
Not only to read: to research, to teach, to use.
Services
From knowledge to action
Knowledge is also a form of reparation.