Bayyinah Bello

Bayyinah Bello (born 1948 ) is a historian with expertise in Haitian and Pan-African history. She is also well known for being a teacher, writer and humanitarian worker, who in her earlier career spent 15 years living and travelling in West Africa, including four years in Nigeria, as well as in Benin, Togo, In the aftermath of the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the non-profit organization Friends of Fondation Félicité was set up to directly support FF, focusing on rebuilding the country. She is also a professor of history at the State University of Haiti.

Biography Bayyinah Bello was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. After completing her primary education in Haiti, – and her daughter Ameerah Bello. As a leading historian, she regularly lectures and participates in international conferences, speaking on Haitian topics, including a keynote speech in Brooklyn, New York, at the Stanley Eugene Clark Elementary School for a Women's History Month celebration in March 2015.