Rose Pan African Education
Placing African Knowledge at the Heart of Global Thought
Rose Pan African Education (RPA) is a global educational organization that designs immersive academic and artistic programs for scholars, students, educators, and artists, grounded in African knowledge systems and creative traditions. Working across Africa and its global diasporas, we center place-based learning, cultural exchange, and care—bridging global inquiry with meaningful local partnership.
Immersion Writers Africa Writing History in the Wake
August 5-11, 2026 Accra, Ghana
Embark on a journey: Join us in Ghana to explore how we approach writing history in the wake of slavery, memory, and diaspora. Pairing seminars with site visits to Cape Coast Castle, Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park, and the W. E. B. Du Bois Memorial Centre, we will examine how memory is preserved, contested, and transformed into new understandings of history, return, and Black futurity. Led by Assistant Professor, Dr. Nicole Richards Diop
Designed for advanced students, writers, scholars, and cultural workers engaged in questions of memory, archive, and diaspora
Application Deadline: April 10, 2026
Immersion Writers Africa AfroFeminist Seminar
Session I: June 19-26, 2026 Dakar, Senegal
Session II: June 27-July 2, 2026 Dakar, Senegal
Embark on a literary journey: this six-day, five-night immersion in Dakar brings together morning seminar sessions grounded in African feminist thought with afternoons devoted to cultural exploration and place-based learning.
Designed for writers, scholars, and cultural workers.
Extended Application Deadline: March 15, 2026
Upcoming Programs
Rose Global Health Institute, Ghana
July 22- July 31, 2026
Oral Histories in Kigali, Workshop Rwanda
December 10- December 17, 2026
Alumi Reflections
Our Impact
“Having the opportunity to go to Senegal was really transformative for me,” Edusei reflected. “It was amazing to meet with the people, understand their culture and their food, and learn how they’ve been impacted by colonization and what they’re doing to subvert that.”
- Sydnee-Marie Edusei Gettysburg College (Class of 2024)
Decolonizing Education & July Summer Research Lab Attendee 2024
Our Impact
Our Impact
I don’t know if my ancestors passed these specific shores but I do feel like I’ve returned to a place I’ve already known. Dakar is gorgeous and fertile and every day I find myself in awe of the smallest adventures like buying mangos or watching kids play.
-Nia Hampton University of Maryland Baltimore County
MFA Intermedia and Digital Arts
RPA Summer Research Lab July 2024
