Bikbaye Inejnema                          Afrikan / Kemetic Language Departmen

Bikbaye Inejnema is the Herpew Merr (eldest generation overseer) of The Earth Center and the M’TAM School of Kemetic Philosophy and Spirituality. Bikbaye is a founding member and writer for The Rising Firefly and Sunnyside Magazines. After an 8 year tenure as a student of Master Naba, (an authentic Dogon/Kemetic Priest and Healer who teaches the ancient knowledge of the Nile and Niger Valley mystery schools of thought), Bikbaye was given the honor of opening a branch of The Earth Center in New York, Chicago & now San Diego, where he currently resides and teaches.

Dr. Kwaku is an educator, historian, musicologist, author and broadcast producer of the renowned Afrikan Mental Liberation Weekend 30 hour radio specials that evolved into Afrikan Mental Liberation Films held at Compton College. Dr. Kwaku is one of the innovators of teaching Afrikan world history and has taught this particular course for over a decade. He is also the author of FIRST WORD Black Scholars Thinkers Warriors, and On My Journey Now: The Narrative And Works Of Dr. John Henrik Clarke, as well as over 150 published articles, essays and chapters in books.

In addition to teaching at Loyola Marymount University, he also teaches an Afrikan World Civilizations Course in Leimert Park and a summer youth course at View Park Prep.  He is married with five grown sons and two grandchildren.