K. Kia Bunseki Fu-Kiau, B.A., M.Ed., M.S. and Ph.D., is an indigenous African teacher, scholar, lecturer, healer and spiritual guide. He is the author of many books including "Simbi-Simbi: Hold Up That Which Holds You Up" (2006), "African Cosmology of the Bantu-Kongo" (2001), and "Self-Healing Power and Therapy" (1991). He has lectured on African concepts of reality and African spiritual practices throughout Africa, Europe, the United States, the Caribbean and South America. He is one of the great elders of the African family and a true gift to humanity.
Currently, Dr. Fu-Kiau is facing a serious health challenge. After several months in the hospital, he is now convalescing in a Boston nursing home. He owes thousands of dollars in medical and other bills generated while he was in the hospital.
UPDATE
Dr. Fu-Kiau's condition is grave. His doctors have informed us that he has terminal liver cancer. They are giving him 3 to 6 months to live. Our primary fundraising goal at the moment is to collect sufficient funds to return Tata to Bas-Congo, the land of his ancestors, before he departs to the other side. We would like to send Dr. Fu-kiau, a member of his family and two additional persons to support him in his traveling to Kinshasa. The cost of a roundtrip ticket to Kinshasa is $2000. So we are trying to raise $8,000 in short order. If you can donate to this effort, please help. If you are one of the thousands of people whose lives were touched positively by Dr. Fu-Kiau, please give and give generously.
