The components of African-centered philosophy identified below represent the direction that must be taken:

1. Kmt (Black):—The process of identifying, studying, and addressing needs and issues confronting African people comes before doing so for any other group.
2. Tehuti-ra: (scientific and technological work)—Emphasizing experiential and hands-on learning experiences in which technical skills with a scientific basis are cultivated.
3. Asr/Ast: (female and male in balance)—For most of African people’s history, male-female relationships in families and communities have been unequal.  To correct this history, both woman and man serve as equals in decision-making and practices.
4. Kheperu: (primacy of that which is coming into being)—That which is being born takes the best from that which is dying and leads.  This component of African-centered ideology recognizes that old ideas and ways of being must necessarily give way to newer ones, however to improve, the latter must absorb the best of the old.
5. Kmt-Ka: Primacy of new-KMT culture—The foundation of African civilization lay in KMT—it was the first civilization to appear on earth that attained a level of scientific and technological advancement unseen anywhere else in the ancient world.  Cultural components and expressions of KMT are to be modernized and applied throughout contemporary Black life.
6. Kmt-heru: (primacy of a steeled, aggressive, yet fluid psychology)—Kmt did not prevail for over 6,000 years (before the semitic and european invasions) without determination, toughness, and aggressiveness to get things right.  The fluidity of their collective psyche permitted them to deeply understand the world around them, as well as one another.