African Caribbean Institute President named one of the 25 most influential Africans in the United States.

The prestigious African Sun Times of New York named Dr. Leonard Madu, President of the African Caribbean Institute as one of the 25 most influential Africans in the United States. The selection was based on actual measurable accomplishments that have enhanced and benefited Africa, the diaspora and humanity. 'Dr. Madu is a pioneer in African political and diplomatic activism in the United States and we are glad to honor him. A taciturn, reserved, humble self effacing master networker and an organizational genius', said Dr. Chika Onyeani, Editor of the African Sun Times.

Leonard Madu, is a Lawyer, Writer, Activist, Fox TV foreign Affairs Analyst, Diplomatic Troubleshooter, and President of the African Caribbean Institute and African Chamber of Commerce. In the early 1970s, he was the super star of Nigeria's popular TV program TELECHANCE. He is also a former Professor of Criminal Law at Kaplan Institute.

For the past 20 years, he has been the convener and organizer of the PanAfrica Conference, which has become not only a must go, but a Mecca for African Ambassadors, Presidents and Prime Ministers. In 1998, he and former Congressman Ron Dellums articulated the now famous 'Hiv/aids Marshall Plan for Africa' at the PanAfrica conference. This plan was instrumental in the increase of Hiv/aids funding for Africa by the Clinton and Bush administrations. Dellums was also Chairman of President Clinton's Advisory Board on Hiv/aids and former Mayor of Oakland, California.

In 1991, as Chairman of the Board of Clergy and Laity Concerned (an organization founded by Dr. Martin Luther King), he was one of the spearheads of the revolutionary grassroots movement that led to the restoration of Jean Bertrand Aristide as President of Haiti. He was an active and influential participant in the Southern Sudanese struggle for independence and was appointed as an Observer for the referendum in 2010. In 1993, he hosted a peace summit between Israel, Jordan and the Palestinians in Nashville. In 2000, after Mozambique was devastated by flood, he arranged a meeting between Mozambique Prime Minister Pascoal Mocumbi and officials of the Tennessee Valley Authority with the goal of obtaining technical assistance in flood control and dam management. In 1998, with the support of President Yahya Jammeh of the Gambia, he arranged partnership talks between the Gambian security services and the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department. He also arranged for bomb disposal training for the Gambian and Haitian security services. In 1996, he raised funds to build a school in Swaziland and have served as a business consultant to the Embassies of Mozambique, Nigeria, Togo, Sierra Leone and Malawi.

In 1998, he arranged for the granting of full four year scholarships to over 20 African students at Tennessee State University. In 1999, he initiated the establishment of the Hassan Adamu Distinguished Professorship Chair at Tennessee State University. In 1993, he established the Umoja Multicultural Weekend School for poor kids of all races and ran a program that paid tuition fees for 23 Haitian children in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti. In 1994, he was a member of a committee that created and wrote the ordinance for the establishment of the Metro Nashville Human Relations Commission. He was also a member of the Multicultural Committee of the Nashville Convention and Visitors Bureau, a pioneer member of the Character and Curriculum Committee of the Metro Nashville School Board, Vice President of the Nashville Multicultural Partnership and and board member of WOMEN (Women On Maintaining Education and Nutrition).

Since 2003, he has facilitated the shipment of tons of medical equipments to various state governments in Nigeria-including Imo, Bauchi, Anambra, Lagos-and other African countries. He has arranged for nurses and physicians from the United States to work in clinics in Ghana and brought African physicians to the United States for refresher courses in the latest technology and medicine.

On January 21, 2013, he was named among the 25 most influential Africans in the United States by the prestigious Times of New York. The July 1998 issue of African Profiles International described Leonard Madu 'as the articulate but reserved master networker, the kind that developing Africa most hungers for'. The Nashville City paper of December 4, 2000 credited him with playing an outstanding role in 'bringing international flavor to the city'.

He has received numerous awards including the prestigious Sisterhood/Brotherhood Award of the National Council of Christians and Jews, the Mary Strobel Award for outstanding volunteerism, the Community Service Award from Fort Campbell Army Base, the Community Service Award from the Links of Nashville and the Community Service Award from the African American Cultural Alliance. In October 2012, he was appointed as the WETATi Roving Ambassador Extraordinary at Large for 2013 WETATi international women's conference. Some of his publications include, The Panafrican Directory of African Universities, African Nations Handbook, the Panafrican Journal of World Affairs and A Day to Day Guide for New African Immigrants.