Ms Faranirina RAJOANAH, Madagascar, Historian, Professor, Paris-Diderot University.
Mr Valter Roberto SILVÉRIO, Brazil, Sociologist, Associate Professor, Federal University of São Carlos, São Paolo, Brazil.  
Ms Vanicléia SILVA SANTOS, Brazil, Associate Professor of African History, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Coordinator of the Academic Mobility Program between UFMG and Eduardo Mondlane University (Mozambique).  
Mr Olabiyi B. Joseph YAI, Benin, Linguist, Former Ambassador of Benin to UNESCO, former President of the Executive Board of UNESCO - Deceased.  
Ms Sheila WALKER, USA, Anthropologist, Filmmaker and Executive Director of Afro Diaspora.  
Ms Yolanda WOOD, Cuba, Art Historian, Professor, Researcher at the University of Havana and Art Critic.  
Experts associated with the Committee as Scientific Coordinators:
Ms. Carole Boyce DAVIES, Trinidad and Tobago, African Studies, Professor, Cornell University.  
Mr Martial Ze BELINGA, Cameroon/France, Pan-Africanist, Professor of Economics and International Trade, and an independent researcher in Social Sciences.  
Mr. Mamadou DIOUF, Senegal/USA, Historian, Professor, Columbia University