Beyond the Title · Season 01
What We
Leave Behind
A title is a platform. What our men build with it is the point. Our programmes run year-round, in every region we represent, long after the lights go out on finals night.
Eligibility
Open to the World
This is not an African contest with a few international guests. It is a global contest for men of African and diaspora descent, wherever in the world they were born. If your people are African, you are eligible. The passport you hold is not the question we ask.
Africa
The continent, and every nation on it.
The Caribbean
Islands whose people were carried, and carried their culture whole.
Europe
Diaspora communities built over generations.
North America
From the eastern seaboard to the west coast.
Latin America
African heritage woven through a whole hemisphere.
Asia and Beyond
Wherever our people settled and raised families.
Purpose In Action
Four Programmes
Where we work, year in and year out. Not a single night, and not a single photograph.
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01
Leadership Labs
Active
Free mentorship and public speaking training for young men in underserved communities.
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02
Strength and Health
Active
Community gym partnerships promoting physical and mental health where access is thin.
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03
Culture Fund
Active
Grants for grassroots projects preserving and exporting African heritage.
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04
Mentorship Network
Active
Titleholders paired with the men coming up behind them, long after the season ends.
Scholarships
Fund The Man,
Not The Night
Every season awards education bursaries to causes chosen by the men who wear the title. Tuition, tools, training and certification, paid directly, with the receipts published.
We are not interested in a photograph of a cheque. We are interested in what a man can build once he is not paying for permission to learn.
The Diaspora
One People.
Every Hemisphere.
This is a worldwide contest. From Africa to the Caribbean, Europe to the Americas, Asia and everywhere our people settled, a man of African or diaspora descent can stand for a nation and take the title. Where you were born does not decide whether you belong here.
Season 01 · Open to every region
Accountability
Show the Receipts
Impact that cannot be counted is marketing. Ours is counted, published and open to anyone who wants to check it.
Standing order
01Direct Payment
Money goes straight to the institution. It does not pass through a committee first.
Standing order
02Receipts Published
Every receipt is published. If a number cannot be shown, it does not go in the report.
Standing order
03Year Round Reporting
Programmes report across the year, not only in the week before the finale.
Build It With Us
One hundred and eleven territories, one global diaspora, and programmes that run every month of the year. Partners, national directors and sponsors are what make that possible.