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Welcome to Onima Institute   Onima Institute for Tradition and Development USA, Inc is a non-profit organization whose aims and objectives are education, research and to foster African traditions and development.  Some of our projects include working with young people in our community in Georgia.  Our concerns for young people extend to the youths in African towns and villages with much needed school supplies and financial assistance for tuition. We also assist community schools in these towns and villages with basic classroom equipments such as desks, and chairs including recreational materials such as school bands. Onima Institute is also an outreach organization that is dedicated to assisting students in our local community by offering counseling, tutoring, motivating, and helping them to be of good behavior at home and in school.  To help in strengthening the youths’ ability to interact within the world that they are a part of, we offer free classes in African languages which include Edo, Etsako, Esan, Hausa, Igbo, Ijaw, Isoko, Itsekiri, Owan/Onwan, Urhobo, and Yoruba. Academic Forum: The Journal of African Traditions and Development (JATAD).. The mission of this Journal is to provide a forum for the examination of issues related to the cultures and traditions of Sub-Saharan Africa and the peoples of African descent while encouraging the promotion and analysis of the indigenous cultures and traditions of the people as a way to preserve the human nutrients for posterity. What we stand for; what we Plan to do; And Our Achievements so far:  The Preservation and development of Africa, including development of the indigenous cultures, traditional institutions, language and ideas through education, research activities, and fostering African culture, traditions and Development including assisting the youths and the needy through humanitarian activities. Our Vision: The Preservation and development of Africa, including development of the indigenous cultures, traditional institutions, language and ideas through education, research activities, and fostering African traditions and Development including assisting the youths and the needy through humanitarian activities. Our Vision: The Preservation and development of Africa, including development of the indigenous cultures, traditional institutions, language and ideas through education, research activities, and fostering African traditions and Development including assisting the youths and the needy through humanitarian activities. Our Mission: Education, research and development; humanitarian activities; working with the youths in the Clayton County, motivating, counseling, while allowing the youths to understand African cultures and traditions in a way to make them become more responsible citizens of the world while reaffirming the cultures and traditions of Africa to the African community in the County. These we will do with activities meant to bring about mutual understanding and respect between the peoples of Africa and other ethnic and non-ethnic communities in the County, thereby reviving and preserving the powerful indigenous cultures and customs of Africa for posterity. Goals: Establish research centers for indigenous cultural studies; Produce books and children’s book in particular in indigenous African languages to enhance their teaching and research; Provide opportunities for American and other Western scholars; to conduct research in Africa; Foster cultural and educational understanding for mutual respect and peace; Set up youth academy/daycare centers for the teaching of African languages to young people and children here in the US and in Africa; Provide an opportunity for Americans to visit Africa periodically; Restore mother tongues essential in cultural development and preservation in Africa; Assist in the restoration & preservation of historical national monuments such as the Benin Moat; Study and investigate each of the notable masquerades in many in Africa and document them; Study the Chieftaincy tradition in Africa; Restore, promote, and document many of the cultural and traditional festivals; Conduct public lectures, seminars, symposia and workshops; Provide mediums for scholars and for public interactions:

Onima Institute for Tradition and Development USA, Inc P.O. BOX 458 Ellenwood, GA 30294 Telephone: Fax: 678-461-9939 770-961-6102 President: Dr. Omoh Tsatsaku Ojior     Website: www.onimainstituteusa.org

In order to bridge the gap in human understanding between the people of Africa and the United States, to allow for mutual respect, appreciation, and peace, Onima Institute conducts two weeks tours of Africa every year. These tours are designed to expose Americans to the various traditional grounds, African religion, and shrines in order that they may understand the true meaning of African heritage. Many attractions and, the price is very moderate/