Mwata K. E. Sankara

Mwata K. E. Sankara (Kevin Washington) is an Afrikan-Centered psychologist licensed in Florida and Washington, DC. He has taught/lectured at several colleges and universities nationally and internationally.   Currently, he is a Distinguished Visiting Associate Professor of Psychology at Morehouse College. Mwata has worked closely with The Boris L. Henson foundation in developing their cultural competency training for addressing the mental health concerns of people of Afrikan descent. He is a Past President of the Association of Black Psychologists and is the former Chair of the Sociology and Psychology Department at Grambling State University. As a Fulbright-Hays scholar Mwata  researched the impact of socializing institutions on the healing or restructuring of post-apartheid South Afrika (Azania). It was in South Africa where he researched Ubuntu and how it can inform mental health service delivery to people of Afrikan ancestry and others. Not only does he work on healing the psycho-spiritual wounds that are present within people as a result of Cultural and Historical Trauma, he continues developing healing paradigms for persons of Afrikan ancestry who have been and are impacted by Persistent Enslavement Systemic Trauma (PEST). This work is critical to his advancement of Ubuntu Psychology/Psychotherapy.