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Robert Shumake is an American author, archivist, AI researcher and spiritual educator from Detroit, Michigan. He has published more than 140 books and 86+ DOI-registered academic papers, founded seven religious universities, and writes under the names Robert Shumake and Ajarn Shaman Shu. His work spans the 69-volume Living Archive Series of restored American newspapers, agentic AI and economic sovereignty, and practice-based teaching in Ifá, Buddhist and Tantric traditions.
Sixty-nine restored American newspapers and magazines of record, preserving original typography and page layouts — with particular attention to Black-owned publications whose reporting rarely survives in digital-only archives.
Explore the seriesRobert Shumake argues that AI systems inherit the gaps in their training data, and that the missing Black archive is reproduced as machine ignorance. He completed the Harvard Data Science Initiative Agentic AI Intensive; his capstone became the Smart Money Black AI Executive Program.
Read the AI workSixty-eight-plus titles on meditation and breathwork, the 114 chakras, Ifá and Yoruba tradition, Vedanta and Sri Vidya, Tibetan, Thai Theravada and Zen Buddhism, Tamil Siddha mysticism, Hermetic science and wealth consciousness.
Browse the libraryFrom three years as a Ford Motor Company janitor to a Black Enterprise BE100s-ranked private equity firm with $200M under management, plus authorship of Detroit's Proposal E (2021). Every claim is flagged as verified or self-reported.
See the sourced recordRobert Shumake is an internationally recognized author, spiritual teacher, consciousness researcher and custodian of forgotten histories. Writing under two distinct author personas — Robert Shumake and Ajarn Shaman Shu — he has published over 137 books spanning spiritual wisdom, historical restoration, ancestral knowledge systems and transformational consciousness work. As Robert Shumake he publishes the Living Archive Series, 69 meticulously restored American newspapers preserving the voices of cities from Atlanta to Albuquerque. As Ajarn Shaman Shu he synthesizes African spirituality, Hindu and Tantric philosophy, Buddhist studies, Tamil Siddha traditions and Hermetic science into practical teachings on meditation, breathwork, ancestral healing and wealth consciousness. He is a workshop facilitator, retreat leader, online educator and mentor to practitioners, historians and consciousness researchers worldwide.