Asili · origin · roots
A tree without roots cannot stand.
Asili Africa is a pan-African history and culture curriculum for the diaspora — 54 countries, three curriculum tiers, and content that grows with you.
Our mission
African history is usually taught as something that happened to Africa. We teach it as something Africans made — geography and kingdoms, colonial systems and independence movements, and the arguments still unsettled today. Written for children, teenagers and adults, so a whole family can learn the same story at their own depth.
Choose your learning level
The whole site changes with your choice — and you can switch at any time from the header.
Featured country
Kenya
From the Swahili coast's ocean trade to the Mau Mau uprising and the land questions still unresolved — Kenya is our fully built template, with twelve sub-topics across three tiers.
Enter KenyaThe Overview
Land, people, roots
Geography, pre-colonial history, key figures, culture, religion and languages.
The System
Power and structures
Colonial structures, political history, independence movements and social systems.
The Debate
Contested ground
Contested histories, the legacy of colonialism, identity, restitution and modern challenges.