Welcome! It's a pleasure to have you here. A father to several daughters and sons and a husband to my amazing Afia Tanɔ, I am also a scholar specializing in the histories of Africa and its worldwide diasporas, a spiritualist healer, and a publisher of scholarly books about African world histories and cultures through the Diasporic Africa Press, Inc. My life work is devoted to knowledge production, healing and health, and the worldwide communities and struggles of peoples of African ancestry.

I was born on the island of Jamaica. My mother Elaine named me Ronald, meaning “wise ruler,” but she and my family call me Rayon, because, she said, I felt like silk as a baby. I trace my ancestry through my mother's line, among whom are many healers, from the Maroon community of Akɔmpɔn and still further the Akan peoples of Ghana and the Yorùbá-Fon peoples of Benin-Nigeria. I began my family history research as a 19 year old undergraduate and got permission from my parents to change my name to Kwasi, for I was born on Sunday, and Konadu, my great-great-great grandmother’s name. I, then, also began my life's work on the history of global Africa. 

I recently taught at Colgate University, where I was the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Endowed Chair and Professor of African History and Africana Studies. I offered courses in African history and on worldwide African histories and cultures. My writings focus on African and African diasporic histories, as well as some major themes in world history. This site is devoted to my intellectual work, and so I invite you to browse through my books, forthcoming projects, articles, journalistic writings, audio-visual presentations, and blog posts. Let’s connect if you have any questions or comments.