PAN-AFRICAN
FOOD SYSTEMS

Research, Governance,
and Liberation

PAN-AFRICAN
FOOD SYSTEMS

Research, Governance,
and Liberation

PAN-AFRICAN
FOOD SYSTEMS

Research, Governance,
and Liberation

 The African Food Studies Centre (AFSC) is the first Pan-African, multidisciplinary institution advancing food systems research and education—bringing together agriculture, culinary practice, climate science, policy, and community to build accountable and sustainable futures.

Over the coming years, AFSC will expand its work through academic programs, research fellowships, and policy initiatives that embed African knowledge at the heart of global food system transformation.

Rooted in African and Black intellectual traditions—and informed by Indigenous ways of knowing—AFSC affirms food knowledge as a powerful force for self-determination, cultural continuity, and educational transformation.  We’re not just preserving the past—we’re cultivating futures.

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The Proven Policy Precedent

In 1968, the fight for Black Studies reshaped universities and influenced national policy. It was not symbolic—it institutionalized new ways of knowing and created space for Black intellectual traditions within higher education.

The African Food Studies Centre continues this legacy. Where Black Studies reframes race and identity, AFSC reframes food systems as sites of research, governance, and liberation.

Black Studies transformed universities and policy. African Food Studies is doing the same—this time for global food systems.

Black Studies (1968 →)

Created a field of critical research on race, identity, and power. Built programs that influenced university governance and curricula. Anchored movements of cultural pride and political struggle for liberation

African Food Studies Centre (Now & Future)

Advances multidisciplinary research on agriculture, climate, food policy, nutrition, and culinary systems. Develops institutional and public governance frameworks to shape food policy, sovereignty, and land justice. Positions African food systems as tools of liberation, resisting colonial erasure and empowering Pan-African futures

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80%

of African crop diversity has been lost

in the last century.

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2%

Fewer than 2% of universities globally teach African food systems.

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1,000,000+

Millions of African and diasporic communities face systemic food insecurity.

Without institutional action now, African food systems remain excluded from the policies shaping global futures.

Academic Infrastructure

CURRENTLY developing research labs and multidisciplinary programs.

Academic Infrastructure

FUTURE: degree offerings, global fellowships, knowledge exchange between Africa and its diaspora.

Policy & Governance

CURRENTLY: Produces food sovereignty briefs and engages in advocacy networks.

Policy & Governance

FUTURE: municipal & federal roundtables, annual African Food Policy Outlook.

Economic & Social Development

CURRRENTLY: Working with Black farmers, entrepreneurs, and community initiatives.

Economic & Social Development

FUTURE: seed preservation programs, Pan-African trade networks, ethical supply chain research.
“Reclaiming food is reclaiming the future.”
— Bashir MunyeChef, Educator, Food Advocate
— Bashir Munye
“Land is pedagogy.”
— Leanne Betasamosake SimpsonWriter, Musician, and Academic
— Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
“We must decolonize our minds before we can decolonize society.”
— Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’oKenyan Author and Academic
— Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

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The African Food Studies Centre is not a proposal. it exists today as a Pan-African, multidisciplinary initiative rooted in anti-colonial principles. It is also a vision for tomorrow: an institution of research, education, and advocacy that will transform food systems through Pan-African and diasporic knowledge.