Mission
The mission of this international organization shall be:
To establish an international network of scholars, writers, translators/interpreters, students and teachers who share a common interest on interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary studies on Africa and African Diaspora in the Hispanophone, Lusophone and Francophone worlds
To serve as a unique space of promotion of the studies driven, but not limited to, by the questions of races/multiracialism/transracialism; ethnicity/multiethnicity/transethnicity; cultures/multiculturalism/transculturalism; gender identities/feminism/womanism; national/transnational identities, etc.
To collaborate with individuals, institutions, professional organizations interested in the interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary study of issues related to African and people of African descents, in general
To foster the scholarly and teaching exchange among the members of the group
To promote the dialogue between different disciplines/fields; and between the
academic and the non-academic worlds
To disseminate the scholarship of the group through publications and organization of/participation in conferences, roundtables, symposia, seminars, workshops, etc.
To organize panels conducted also in Spanish, Portuguese and French during own activities and/or allied organizations conventions/conferences
To publish Muntú, the eponym peer-reviewed journal of the group, that shall be digital and/or print
To create and develop a multilingual digital platforms, including a website and social media to foster a global visibility of the activities of the group
To Advocate for an ethics of solidarity among the members of the group; and between the group and all those of individuals, groups and/or people who are unprotected and discriminated