About Kwasi Konadu
Welcome! It's a pleasure to have you here.
I’m a father and husband, a scholar of African and African diaspora histories, a healer, and a publisher through the Diasporic Africa Press, Inc. Most recently, I taught at Colgate University as the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Endowed Chair and Professor. Here’s my most recent CV.
Born on the island of Jamaica, my mother Elaine named me Ronald, meaning “wise ruler,” but my family calls me Rayon and my wife Ray. I’m a servant of God Almighty and my work pays respect to my Maroon as well as Akan and Yorùbá-Fon ancestry. At 19, my parents allowed me to change my name to Kwasi—for I was born on Sunday—and added Konadu in honor of my great-great-great grandmother.
With God by my side, I devoted myself to the history of global Africa and the worldwide communities and struggles of peoples of African ancestry.