History Arts & Science Action Network
Bridging the arts, humanities, and science, HASAN (501(c)3) provides a highly interdisciplinary approach to the preservation of cultural heritage throughout the world.
Our Work
In 1959, Columbian Harmony Cemetery, Washington DC’s most prominent burial grounds for Americans of African Descent was sold.
The HASAN team is working directly with the descendant community to recover, research and share the history of these gravestones, the people and community they represent.
The Yibir (or Anaas) are Somalia’s lowest clan, are seen by many as sorcerers, and are considered untouchables.
The Kwa Ndege IDP (Internally Displaced Peoples) Camp is home to over 100 families who have been forced to leave their homes due to rising water levels
While these villages are still rich in the culture of the Inughuit people, many of the endemic traditions are in their last generation
Many historians believe Puntland was once home to one of Sub-Saharan Africa’s wealthiest kingdom’s, the Land of Punt (pr:pwnt).