How do I book Molefi Kete Asante to speak at my event?

Our experienced booking agents have successfully helped clients around the world secure speakers like Molefi Kete Asante for speaking engagements, personal appearances, product endorsements, or corporate entertainment since 2002. Click the Check Availability button above and complete the form on this page to check availability for Molefi Kete Asante, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to discuss your upcoming event. One of our experienced agents will be happy to help you get speaking fee information and check availability for Molefi Kete Asante or any other speaker of your choice.

What are the speaker fees for Molefi Kete Asante

Speaking fees for Molefi Kete Asante, or any other speakers and celebrities, are determined based on a number of factors and may change without notice. The estimated fees to book Molefi Kete Asante are available upon request for live events and $10,000 - $20,000 for virtual events. For the most current speaking fee to hire Molefi Kete Asante, click the Check Availability button above and complete the form on this page, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to speak directly with an experienced booking agent.

What topics does Molefi Kete Asante speak about?

Molefi Kete Asante is a keynote speaker and industry expert whose speaking topics include Authors, Black Heritage, Culture, Diversity & Inclusion, Literary, Social Sciences

Who is Molefi Kete Asante's agent?

AAE Speakers Bureau has successfully booked keynote speakers like Molefi Kete Asante for clients worldwide since 2002. As a full-service speaker booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Please click the Check Availability button above and complete the form on this page including the details of your event, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536, and one of our agents will assist you to book Molefi Kete Asante for your next private or corporate function.

What is a full-service speaker booking agency?

AAE Speakers Bureau is a full-service speaker booking agency, meaning we can completely manage the speaker's or celebrity's engagement with your organization from the time of booking your speaker through the event's completion. We provide all of the services you need to host Molefi Kete Asante or any other speaker of your choice, including offer negotiation, contractual assistance, accounting and billing, and event speaker travel and logistics services. When you book a speaker with us, we manage the process of hosting a speaker for you as an extension of your team. Our goal is to give our clients peace of mind and a best-in-class service experience when booking a speaker with us.

Why is AAE Speakers Bureau different from other booking agencies?

If you're looking for the best, unbiased speaker recommendations, paired with a top-notch customer service experience, you're in the right place. At AAE Speakers Bureau, we exclusively represent the interests of our clients - professional organizations, companies, universities, and associations. We intentionally do not represent the speakers we feature or book. That is so we can present our clients with the broadest and best performing set of speaker options in the market today, and we can make these recommendations without any obligation to promote a specific speaker over another. This is why when our agents suggest a speaker for your event, you can be assured that they are of the highest quality with a history of proven success with our other clients.

Molefi Kete Asante | Speaking Fee

Molefi Kete Asante Biography

Dr. Molefi Kete Asante is a professor in the Department of African American Studies at Temple University. Considered by his peers to be one of the most distinguished contemporary scholars, Asante has published 70 books, most notably African American History: Journey of Liberation, which is used in more than 400 schools throughout North America. His most recent book, Maulana Karenga: An Intellectual Portrait, is an intimate look into the mind of the renowned cultural thinker and creator of Kwanzaa.

Dr. Asante has been recognized as one of the ten most widely cited African Americans. In the 1990s, Black Issues in Higher Education recognized him as one of the most influential leaders in the decade. He has written more than 400 articles and essays for journals, books and magazines and is the founder of the theory of Afrocentricity.

Dr. Asante graduated from Oklahoma Christian College in l964. He entered Pepperdine soon afterwards, completed his MA, and went on to receive his PhD from UCLA at the age of 26. He was appointed a full professor at the age of 30 at the State University of New York at Buffalo, and later became chair of the school's Communication Department from 1973-1980. Dr. Asante then worked for two years in Zimbabwe as a trainer of journalists, after which he became chair of the African American Studies Program at Temple University, where he created the first PhD Program in African American Studies in 1987.

A poet, dramatist and painter, Dr. Asante was born in Valdosta, Georgia, one of sixteen children. His work on African culture and philosophy and African American education has been cited by journals such as the Matices, Journal of Black Studies, Journal of Communication, American Scholar, Daedalus, Western Journal of Black Studies and Africaological Perspectives. The Utne Reader called him one of the "100 Leading Thinkers" in America. Transition Magazine wrote in 2001, "Asante may be the most important professor in Black America." A visible media presence, Dr. Asante has appeared on Nightline, NightTalk, BET, NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, The Today Show, The Tony Brown Show, Nightwatch, Like It Is, 60 Minutes and more than one hundred local and international television shows. He has appeared in several movies, including 500 Years Later, The Faces of Evil and The Black Candle.

Dr. Asante's awards and recognitions include the distinguished Douglas Ehninger Award for Rhetorical Scholarship from the National Communication Association, and induction into the Literary Hall of Fame for Writers of African Descent at the Gwendolyn Brooks Center at Chicago State University. Dr. Asante holds more than 100 awards for scholarship and teaching in total, including the Fulbright, honorary doctorates from three universities, and a guest professorship at Zhejiang University.

Dr. Asante received the honor of being made a traditional king, Nana Okru Asante Peasah, Kyidomhene (Chee dom heni) of Akyem-Tafo, Ghana, in 1995. A dedicated academic, he has been or is presently a consultant for a dozen school districts. He is the Chair of the United States Commission for FESMAN III, to be held in Dakar, Senegal in 2011, and was elected by the Council of African Intellectuals as the Chair for the Diaspora Intellectuals in support of the United States of Africa. He believes it is not enough to simply "know." One must act to humanize the world.

Contact a speaker booking agent to check availability on Molefi Kete Asante and other top speakers and celebrities.

BOOK Molefi Kete Asante

Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 05/06/2024.

Molefi Kete Asante Speaking Topics

African Classical Civilizations
African American Studies: Pitfalls and Prospects

Egyptian Philosophers: African Voices from Imhotep to Akhenaten

Humanize the World

Afrocentric Education: Children Achieving

Molefi Kete Asante Videos

Molefi Kete Asante Responds to Henry Louis Gates - YouTube
Dr. Molefi Kete Asante on Robert Mugabe - YouTube
Dr. Molefi Kete Asante on UCLA - YouTube

See All Videos »

Molefi Kete Asante Books

The African American People: A Global History
As I Run Toward Africa: A Memoir
The History of Africa
Afrocentricity: The Theory of Social Change
100 Greatest African Americans: A Biographical Encyclopedia
Egypt vs. Greece and the American Academy

FAQs on booking Molefi Kete Asante

How do I book Molefi Kete Asante to speak at my event?

Our experienced booking agents have successfully helped clients around the world secure speakers like Molefi Kete Asante for speaking engagements, personal appearances, product endorsements, or corporate entertainment since 2002. Click the Check Availability button above and complete the form on this page to check availability for Molefi Kete Asante, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to discuss your upcoming event. One of our experienced agents will be happy to help you get speaking fee information and check availability for Molefi Kete Asante or any other speaker of your choice.
What are the speaker fees for Molefi Kete Asante

Speaking fees for Molefi Kete Asante, or any other speakers and celebrities, are determined based on a number of factors and may change without notice. The estimated fees to book Molefi Kete Asante are for live events and for virtual events. For the most current speaking fee to hire Molefi Kete Asante, click the Check Availability button above and complete the form on this page, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to speak directly with an experienced booking agent.
What topics does Molefi Kete Asante speak about?

Molefi Kete Asante is a keynote speaker and industry expert whose speaking topics include Authors, Black Heritage, Culture, Diversity & Inclusion, Literary, Social Sciences.
Where does Molefi Kete Asante travel from?

Molefi Kete Asante generally travels from an undisclosed location, but can be booked for private corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. For more details, please contact an AAE Booking agent.
Who is Molefi Kete Asante’s agent?

AAE Speakers Bureau has successfully booked keynote speakers like Molefi Kete Asante for clients worldwide since 2002. As a full-service speaker booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Please click the Check Availability button above and complete the form on this page including the details of your event, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536, and one of our agents will assist you to book Molefi Kete Asante for your next private or corporate function.
What is a full-service speaker booking agency?

AAE Speakers Bureau is a full-service speaker booking agency, meaning we can completely manage the speaker’s or celebrity’s engagement with your organization from the time of booking your speaker through the event’s completion. We provide all of the services you need to host Molefi Kete Asante or any other speaker of your choice, including offer negotiation, contractual assistance, accounting and billing, and event speaker travel and logistics services. When you book a speaker with us, we manage the process of hosting a speaker for you as an extension of your team. Our goal is to give our clients peace of mind and a best-in-class service experience when booking a speaker with us.
Why is AAE Speakers Bureau different from other booking agencies?

If you’re looking for the best, unbiased speaker recommendations, paired with a top-notch customer service experience, you’re in the right place. At AAE Speakers Bureau, we exclusively represent the interests of our clients - professional organizations, companies, universities, and associations. We intentionally do not represent the speakers we feature or book. That is so we can present our clients with the broadest and best performing set of speaker options in the market today, and we can make these recommendations without any obligation to promote a specific speaker over another. This is why when our agents suggest a speaker for your event, you can be assured that they are of the highest quality with a history of proven success with our other clients.

Molefi Kete Asante is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as African Classical Civilizations, African American Studies: Pitfalls and Prospects, Egyptian Philosophers: African Voices from Imhotep to Akhenaten, Humanize the World and Afrocentric Education: Children Achieving. The estimated speaking fee range to book Molefi Kete Asante for your event is available upon request. Molefi Kete Asante generally travels from and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Clifton L. Taulbert, Tukufu Zuberi, John Zogby, Clayborne Carson and Montel Williams. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Molefi Kete Asante for an upcoming live or virtual event.

BOOK Molefi Kete Asante

Tell us about your event!

During normal business hours, we respond to most inquiries within 4 hours.

Customized Service

Our agents find the right fit for your event
Unparalleled Database

Full access to all speakers & celebrities
One Stop Shopping

A reliable and unbiased point of contact
Logistics Management

Your personal Logistics Manager who takes care of all event details

Need Quick Answers?

We are happy to help! Call us to speak with a booking agent about your event or specific speaker request.

1.800.698.2536

Our celebrity booking agents can:

Gauge interest and check availability for speaking engagements, appearances or corporate events
Provide you with the speaking fee to book Molefi Kete Asante or other celebrity appearance fees
Give you personal recommendations for the best keynote speakers or celebrities
Assist you with any questions you have throughout the talent booking process