Pre-colonial African history
The states, cities, trade, law, science and thought of African societies before sustained European colonial rule, studied on their own terms and from their own sources.
The Mikaelson Initiative.
The Initiative is where the work is carried into the public interest. It is a registered Incorporated Trustees body, and it houses two programmes: research into Africa’s pre-colonial history, and student-led clubs in secondary schools.
A registered Incorporated Trustees body.
Under Part F of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020, the trustees of an association established for a religious, educational, literary, scientific, social, development, cultural, sporting or charitable purpose may be registered as a body corporate. The Initiative is registered on that basis.
- The Mikaelson Initiative
- The Incorporated Trustees of Mikaelson Community Development and Tech Initiative
- Incorporated Trustees (non-profit, no share capital)
- Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020, Part F
- Corporate Affairs Commission, Federal Republic of Nigeria
- IT — to be publishedPending
- Lagos, Nigeria
How the Initiative is governed.
Authority rests with the Board of Trustees, within the limits of the Initiative’s constitution and the law.
Board of Trustees
The trustees hold the Initiative’s property and act on its behalf. They are collectively responsible for its conduct and for its compliance with its constitution and the law.
Constitution and objects
The Initiative’s constitution sets out its charitable objects. Its income and property are applied only to those objects; nothing is paid as profit or dividend to trustees or members.
Filing and accountability
As an Incorporated Trustees body, the Initiative files periodic returns and statements of affairs with the Corporate Affairs Commission.
Relationship to Mikaelson Group
Mikaelson Group is the parent brand. The Initiative is a separate legal person; its assets and decisions belong to its trustees and serve its own objects.
Pre-colonial African history.
The Initiative’s research is devoted to one subject: Africa before sustained European colonial rule. It is carried out through the Mikaelson Institute for African Studies, a pan-African research institute.
- Pre-colonial African history
- From the earliest societies to the eve of sustained European colonial rule
- The African continent
- Mikaelson Institute for African Studies
Monograph series
The first monographs in the series are in preparation. Papers for consideration are received by the Mikaelson Institute for African Studies.
Mikaelson School Clubs
The clubs are where the frameworks meet young people. They are run by students, inside their own secondary schools, and give members a standing place to build habits, argue well and lead.
- Secondary-school students
- Student-led clubs that meet inside their own schools
- Habits and personal discipline
- Reading, reasoning and debate
- Leadership through running the club itself
- Projects that serve the school and its community