DR. ZEKEH S. GBOTOKUMA is a globetrotter, polyglot (Ngbaka, Lingala, French, English, Italian, and German) and a US citizen of Congolese descent who refers to himself as a cosmocitizen. He earned a Doctorate in Philosophy from Gregorian University, a post-doctoral Diploma in International Studies from the Italian Society for International Organization, a BA in Theology from Pontifical Urban University, all in Rome, Italy. He also holds several Certificates (English as Foreign Language from St. Luke's Priory, Wincanton, UK; Certificate in French, Advanced Level, from the Institut d'Etudes Françaises de Touraine, Tours, France; Certificate in Deutsch als Fremdsprache (German as Foreign Language), from Goethe Institute Boppard, Germany; and a Certificate in African Studies from Yale University's PIER-African Studies Intensive Summer Institute on "The Teaching of Africa." After twelve years of education and work in Europe, he is currently an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Morgan State University (MSU) in Baltimore, Maryland (USA), and the founding President of Polyglots in Action for Diversity, Inc. (PAD). He is the former Director of the Center for Global Studies at MSU. His "extraordinary commitment to global learning and international understanding" made him the recipient of the prestigious Dr. Sandye Jean McIntyre, II International Award 2008. He is also one of Afrimpact Magazine's 100 Most Influential People Awards 2017 recipients. He is the author of numerous multilingual publications (articles and books), including, among others, DEMOCRACY AND DEMOGRAPHICS IN THE USA: The Squad's Roadmap to Transform the Blue Wave Into a Blue Tsunami in the 2020 Elections (Amazon Kindle 2020); A Polyglot Pocket Dictionary of Lingala, English, French, and Italian (Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016); Global Safari: Checking In and Checking Out in Pursuit of World Wisdoms, the American Dream, and Cosmocitizenship, and A Pan-African Encyclopedia (Edwin Mellen Press, 2003).
