I offer you my support and best wishes...
Wole Soyinka, 1986 Nobel Prize Winner in Literature
My Palace Initiative is totally inspired and important in so many ways. I love the idea of bringing to life something of importance that connects people to their past, to tradition, that opens the heart, that is non political..., a way of renewal and envisioning the future all at once.
Laura Simms, Internationally Recognized Story Teller; Mother of Ishmael Beah
Very original and necessary.
Niyi Osundare, NOMA Award Winning Author
I find MY PALACE INITIATIVE most exciting!
Ulli Beier, Professor and leading Scholar, African Literature and Culture
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Good idea... You can count on my support. Thanks for remembering the
land of our birth. Some of us at home take some initiatives... My shedules are very tight but I pledge my support. Chief Wole Olanipekun, SAN
I am happy to have you add me to your list of supporters.
Charles Henry, Professor, author, Human Rights scholar, leading figure in the Reparations debate, Clinton appointee to the National Council on the Humanities, 1994-2000
My Palace Initiative is necessary. Architecture and construction are incredibly important parts of any culture, right up there with language, religion and family in importance. Our architecture defines how we live in so many ways. Working with a material that is right at hand and does not have to be manufactured by others somewhere else and transported to the site is a privledge being lost by many people in the world. It is a great freedom to control one's life and not have to depend on others for our needs...
Quentin Wilson, Professor of Adobe Construction
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Our support comes from people around the world, and we would like to thank the following for moral and material support
- Akinsola Akiwowo, PhD, author and father of Indigenous Sociology, Alexandria, Virginia
- Professor Olatunde Babawale, Department of Political Science, University of Lagos; CEO Center for Black and African Arts and Civilization (CDAAC), Lagos
- Ulli Beier, Professor, pioneer and leading scholar in African literature and culture, Sydney, Australia
- Yvette Chalom, Social Activist and Philanthropist, Berkeley, California
- Kandioura Drame, PhD and specialist in Francophone African literature, Charlottesville, Virginia
- Kacke Gotrick, Professor and author, Lund
- Charles Henry, Professor, author, Human Rights scholar, leading figure in the Reparations debate, Clinton appointee to the National Council on the Humanities, 1994-2000
- Randolph Langenbach, M.Arch (Harvard), Dipl. Conservation (York, England); Proprietor of Conservation Technology, Oakland; Consultant to FEMA; Historic Preservation Design & Building Construction Technology Specialist, Oakland City, California; Building Conservation Consultant to UNESCO's Department of Cultural Heritage in 2001-4 and 2007
- Prince Adedotun Layade, Proprietor of Dotlay, Inc., Civil Engineers & Contractors, Ibadan/Ile-Ife
- Laura Simms, Internationally recognized Story Teller, New York
- Niyi Osundare, Professor and award winning author, New Orleans
- Wole Soyinka, Nobelist in literature, 1986, Ibadan/Abeokuta
- Keiko Takemura, Professor, Swahili/African Studies, Osaka
- Zodwa Tsajwa, UNESCO Secretariat, South African National Commission
- Margaret Wilkerson, Professor Emeritus (UC Berkeley); Ford Foundation's Media, Art, and Culture Director, Berkeley/New York
- Quentin Wilson, Professor and expert in Adobe Construction, New Mexico
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