The Afrodescendant Nation

What The Afrodescendant Nation does

The Afrodescendant Nation, Inc. (ADN) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, that advocates for self-determination, human rights, and reparations on behalf of approximately 250 million descendants of enslaved Africans across 19 countries in the Western Hemisphere. The organization was founded in 2002 at the United Nations Conference for Rights of Minorities in La Ceiba, Honduras, where delegates from 19 countries adopted "Afrodescendant" as a unified global identity for slave descendants, building on founder Silis Muhammad's UN interventions dating back to 1992. Its programmatic offerings include the National Plebiscite on Reparations Campaign (a voter registration and consent-gathering initiative targeting one million Black people, whose results are intended for submission to the International Court of Justice), annual National Reparations Conventions, a Skills Bank volunteer-matching program, teach-ins, and town halls. No products, services, or pricing models exist; revenue is generated entirely through charitable donations to fund international advocacy work.

ADN's go-to-market is community-led and event-driven: organizing Afrodescendants through national conventions, virtual Zoom events, teach-ins, and United Nations forums, with the plebiscite serving as a voter-registration and consent mechanism to build a unified constituency for reparations claims. Distribution spans a primary website (afrodescendant.org), social channels across Facebook, Instagram, X, LinkedIn, and YouTube, a Brevo-powered email newsletter, and earned media via EIN Presswire and Muhammad Speaks News. The organization is governed by President Dr. Akilah Mukarram, with Silis Muhammad as founder/Monarch, Attorney Malik Zulu Shabazz as Conductor of the National Reparations Movement, Dr. Tauheedah Sabree Bronner as Ambassador, Harriett AbuBakr as Lead Counsel, and Siphiwe Baleka as Reparations Expert / Special Envoy. Its operational footprint spans North America, the Caribbean, Latin America, and — since July 2025 — West Africa, where it co-established an African Diaspora embassy office in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso alongside Friends of President Ibrahim Traoré in the West.

Name

The Afrodescendant Nation

Legal name

The Afrodescendant Nation, Inc.

Website

https://afrodescendant.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Short description

The Afrodescendant Nation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that advocates for reparations, self-determination, and human rights for approximately 250 million descendants of enslaved Africans across 19 countries. It pursues this mission through a UN-focused plebiscite campaign, annual national conventions, and strategic global partnerships.

Ownership category

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Product category

Civil Rights and Human Rights Advocacy

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311), Other Social Advocacy Organizations (813319)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Human Rights & Anti-Discrimination Organizations (BPAGAFAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Transitional Justice, Accountability & Reparations (BPADAGAL), Racial & Ethnic Justice Organizations (BPAGAFAC)

Keywords

• Reparations advocacy
• Human rights advocacy
• Self-determination organizing
• Civil rights nonprofit
• Diaspora community organizing

Headquarters

HQ city

Atlanta

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: The Afrodescendant Nation operates as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Revenue is generated through financial donations from supporters to fund international advocacy work for reparations.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

The Afrodescendant Nation (ADN) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit advocacy organization that pursues self-determination, human rights, and reparations for approximately 250 million descendants of enslaved Africans across 19 countries in the Western Hemisphere. Its programmatic offerings include the National Plebiscite on Reparations Campaign (a voter registration and consent-gathering initiative intended to produce ballots for an International Court of Justice filing), the Skills Bank (a professional volunteer matching program), membership services, annual National Reparations Conventions, and educational events such as teach-ins and town halls. The organization does not sell products or services; it is funded entirely through charitable donations.

Product overview

The Afrodescendant Nation (ADN) is a nonprofit advocacy organization representing Afrodescendants across 19 countries in the Western Hemisphere. ADN is not a software product company; it is a civil society organization focused on reparations advocacy, self-determination, and human rights for descendants of enslaved Africans. ADN's programmatic offerings include the National Plebiscite on Reparations Campaign (a voter registration and consent-gathering initiative for reparations claims), Skills Bank (a professional volunteer matching program), membership services, educational events, and annual National Reparations Conventions. These are advocacy programs and community services, not software products or technology platforms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• National Plebiscite on Reparations Campaign Voter registration and consent-gathering initiative that registers Afrodescendants to adopt the unified "Afrodescendant" legal identity and to provide ballots intended for filing with the International Court of Justice to establish defendants' liability for reparations of enslaved Africans.
• Skills Bank Professional volunteer matching program connecting Afrodescendant community members with projects, initiatives, and skill-based opportunities to support the reparations movement and self-determination work.
• National Reparations Convention Annual in-person convention convening reparations leaders, activists, and Afrodescendant community members to advance the movement, recognize contributions, and conduct organizational decision-making (e.g., appointing movement leadership).
• Membership Program Supporter membership enrollment program for individuals to join the Afrodescendant Nation and participate in advocacy, events, and the plebiscite campaign.
• Teach-Ins, Town Halls, and Educational Forums Virtual and in-person educational events — including National Teach-Ins on Reparations and Self-Determination, town hall meetings, and Human Rights Forums — designed to educate and mobilize Afrodescendants across the diaspora.

Quantifiable outcome

• Registration of one million+ Black people through the plebiscite campaign to establish legal standing for reparations claims

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Ideal customer profiles2 records

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• All for Reparations and Emancipation (AFRE)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 April 2026AFRE is a core partner organization that represents the Afrodescendant Nation at UN forums. Delegates from AFRE participated in the 5th Session of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent in Geneva. AFRE and ADN share leadership and conduct joint advocacy work.
• CARICOM (Caribbean Community)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCARICOM partnered with AFRE and the Afrodescendant Nation to hold a United Nations side meeting for Afrodescendants. Eric Phillips, VC of CARICOM, participated in coalition meetings.
• Friends of President Ibrahim Traoré in the WestcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThis organization, led by Attorney Malik Zulu Shabazz, works in close alliance with the Afrodescendant Nation. The organizations co-hosted the July 4, 2025 Black Independence Day International Broadcast from Burkina Faso and established an FPITW office in Ougadougou to serve as an African Diaspora embassy.
• Black Panther MovementminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLeaders from the Black Panther Movement participated in a 12-person delegation to Burkina Faso along with ADN representatives.
• Lincoln Temple United ChurchminorOthersHistoric DC church that served as the venue for the National Reparations Convention 2024, located at 1701 11th Street, NW, Washington D.C.
• Georgia State UniversityminorOthersUniversity campus that hosted the National Reparations Convention 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia.
• Government of Burkina FasocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Government of Burkina Faso, led by President Ibrahim Traoré, hosts ADN events including the July 4, 2025 Black Independence Day broadcast from the Ambassadors' Hall in Ouagadougou. The government supports Pan-African initiatives and the Alliance of Sahel States partnership.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Human Rights Watch: Human Rights Watch produces internationally influential reports and advocacy on racial discrimination, descendant rights, and reparations debates. ADN's UN Permanent Forum interventions are structurally similar to HRW's human-rights reporting and lobbying, though HRW operates at much larger scale and across many issue areas.
• American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU): The ACLU is the largest U.S. civil liberties organization and frequently engages on racial justice, voting rights, and human rights issues that overlap with ADN's advocacy. It serves as a broad-incumbent comparator on human-rights-style litigation and policy advocacy rather than a reparations specialist.
• Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC): SPLC is a major U.S. civil rights organization using litigation, education, and advocacy. While SPLC's portfolio is much broader than reparations, both organizations engage in civil rights advocacy, public-interest litigation strategy, and constituency mobilization on behalf of Black Americans.
• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP): The NAACP is the largest and most established U.S. civil rights organization and has formally endorsed reparations. It is comparable to ADN as a Black-advocacy institution pursuing civil and human rights, but operates at vastly greater scale and as a broader multi-issue organization rather than a reparations-specialist.
• Amnesty International USA: Amnesty International engages on human rights globally and has addressed racial justice issues in the U.S. context. ADN presents statements at UN human rights forums in a manner comparable to Amnesty's UN-facing advocacy, though Amnesty operates at global scale across many causes.

Direct peers

• Movement for Black Lives (M4BL): M4BL is a coalition of more than 150 Black-led organizations that explicitly include reparations in its policy platform. ADN and M4BL both mobilize Black constituencies around reparations and human rights, though M4BL operates as a domestic U.S. coalition and ADN as a diaspora-spanning movement.
• Equal Justice Initiative (EJI): EJI is a prominent racial-justice and reparations advocacy organization (founded by Bryan Stevenson) that has actively pursued reparations litigation, policy advocacy, and public education. Both ADN and EJI pursue reparations as a legal and moral claim on behalf of Black Americans, making EJI a comparable peer in mission and mechanism.
• National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America (N'COBRA): N'COBRA is the leading U.S.-based reparations-focused coalition and shares ADN's core mission of reparatory justice for descendants of enslaved Africans. Both organizations organize around reparations as the central demand, though N'COBRA focuses domestically while ADN frames a 19-country diaspora claim.
• All for Reparations and Emancipation (AFRE): AFRE is ADN's core operational partner and the entity that physically represents ADN at UN Permanent Forum sessions. Both share the same leadership (Ishmael Abdul-Salaam, Harriett AbuBakr), the same reparations/legal-strategy orientation, and present joint interventions at the UN, making AFRE the closest direct peer.

Regional players

• CARICOM Reparations Commission: The CARICOM Reparations Commission is the institutional body driving the Caribbean Community's Ten-Point Plan for reparatory justice from European colonial powers. ADN is a strategic partner of CARICOM, and both pursue reparations through international law and diplomacy, making CARICOM a regional counterpart focused on Caribbean states.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/AAfrodescendant
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@NationalReparationsConvention
• Facebookfacebook.com/AfrodescendantNationOfficial
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/national-reparations-convention-2023/?viewAsMember=true
• Instagraminstagram.com/nrc.social

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Profiles8 records

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