Afrikan History Week (AHW) is managed by a Director and a Secretariat. The management team shall – as far as possible – be a reflection of the composition of the Afrikan community in Norway. The following keywords underline the basic principles of AHW's work:

• Imparting knowledge
• Conscious awareness
• Technical expertise
• Inspiration
• Pan-Afrikanism
• Competence
• Professionalism
• Quality
• Cooperation
• Solidarity
• Integrated focus on past-future-present