Join internationally recognized scholars, entrepreneurs, historians, health advocates, and community leaders for three transformative days dedicated to Black unity, economic empowerment, cultural awareness, and collective advancement. Featuring voices including Dr. Boyce Watkins, Dr. Julianne Malveaux, Dr. George C. Fraser, Dr. Maulana Karenga, Queen Afua, Joshua Maponga, Bayyinah Bello, Nuri Muhammad, Dr. Obari Cartman, Robin Walker, Grandmaster Mfundishi Jhutyms, Jabari Osaze, Crystal Gunn, and hosted by Dr. Ken Harris, this gathering is designed to educate, inspire, and activate communities across the African Diaspora.
The HAPI in the Chi experience begins at the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures (ISAC) with a special exploration of the Qustul Incense Burner and Nile Valley civilization, continues with the HAPI Opening Reception at the DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center, expands into a full day of keynote presentations, panel discussions, cultural performances, and networking at Malcolm X College, and concludes with an elegant Closing Leadership Luncheon at The Study at the University of Chicago Hotel.
Join us. Learn. Connect. Build.
The HAPI Marketplace is a living example of Power in Unity.
By bringing together Black-owned businesses, authors, artisans, health and wellness providers, and community organizations, we create opportunities to network, circulate resources, build relationships, and strengthen our economic foundation. Click below to learn more about vendor opportunities and advertising in the HAPI in the Chi Commemorative Book.
This is not a vacation — this is a return.
HAPI in Africa is a curated, multi-country pilgrimage designed to reconnect you with your history, your power, and your people. Across Senegal, Ghana, Togo, and Morocco, each experience offers a unique pathway into ancestral knowledge, cultural immersion, and spiritual alignment.
Whether you choose one journey or walk all three, you are stepping into something intentional — a movement rooted in remembrance, elevation, and transformation.
Explore the experiences below and choose the path that calls you.
HAPI - THE ROLE OF ECONOMICS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CIVILIZATION (DVD or Digital Copy)
SYNOPSIS
The HAPI film presents a snapshot of our economic history spanning from the dawn of civilization to today. It begins by investigating the failure of a ‘consumption driven Black economy’, systematic poverty, disenfranchisement and the decline of entrepreneurship. It later addresses its complex problems and provides innovative ideas to successfully compete in the global economy.
The underlying theme of the film is the interrelationship between the three essential components of economics, politics and culture. We’ve brought together some of the brightest minds in psychology, history, and business to explore the “BIG PICTURE”— the history of world economic development and our present socio - economic conditions. Some of cast include: Dr. Leonard Jeffries, Dr. Boyce Watkins, Dr. Julianne Malveaux, Dr. Zahi Hawass, Professor James Smalls, Jabari Osaze and more.
Our goal is to spread economic literacy - essentially creating a dialogue that will enable those to become financially astute. HAPI offers economic solutions that are obtainable and easily implemented. Additionally, it’s important to note how politics impacts us economically and then understand how they work in conjunction.
HAPI isn’t just a lesson in history, it is a tool that can be applied to your everyday life.
HAPI is more than just a film, it’s “a movement of economic literacy”.
THE CAST
