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Through the excavation and utilization of anthropologic, archaeologic, and historic research as well as case studies, this paper highlights the Yorubaland (pre-colonial Nigeria) Guild System of trade and labor organization, the Ghanaian Nnoboa cooperative farming system, and the Rotating Credit and Savings Associations (roscas) of pre-colonial Nigeria. The paper proceeds with an examination of the Boston Ujima Project, the Boston Food Solidarity Economy, and the Center for Cooperative Development and Solidarity – Boston-based organizations and movements today that are actively intentioned on utilizing tools and approaches akin, and/or in intentional alignment with pre-colonial Black and indigenous collective principles and practice. 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