More than ever before, learning about the world and its inhabitants outside of the United States is essential for America's youth given the complexities and challenges facing the international community. Unfortunately, many educational systems in place are woefully inadequate in providing the body of knowledge and skills necessary in preparing students to engage fully in the global environment. Teachers often do not have the prerequisite training or materials, or are confined to teaching in accordance with very strict and occasionally archaic guidelines. Students are often not cognizant of their counterparts in other lands or their cultures, mores, and history, nor do they have curriculums which emphasize this course of study. Teach Africa, The Africa Society's flagship program, was created to fill that void as it pertains to Africa education in the United States.

Between 2002 and 2004, The Africa Society successfully conducted a pilot program of Teach Africa's three phases in the San Francisco Bay and the Washington, DC metropolitan areas. We've since completed all three phases in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Portland, Oregon. In June 2008, Teach Africa will expand to Houston, Texas, Atlanta, Georgia, and Los Angeles.

The Africa Society of the National Summit on Africa is partnering with the U.S. Agency for International Development's Africa Education Initiative, the Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership, and the World Affairs Council of Houston, the Southern Center for International Studies, and UCLA's African Studies Center for a U.S. Agency for International Development funded Africa-education program.