This video recording, dated May 31, 1998, consists of an overview of a conference of African and African American educational leaders who used the "mbongi" approach to problem solving to discuss educational strategies for people of African descent. Mbongi, according to Dr. Asa G. Hilliard, III, refers to an African-created "collective process" of strategic planning, community renewal, and political engagement. The process was first described by Dr. Fu-Kiau Bunseki of Congo. Participants in the conference included Dr. Jacob Carruthers, Dr. Carol Brunson Phillips, and Howard Dodson. "Think Tank on a global agenda for The Education/Socialization for people of African ancestry, East Point, GA", Project Director: Asa Hilliard.