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Kanya Vashon McGhee, also known as Kanya KéKumbha, was the owner of the Tree of Life Books of Harlem, a metaphysical bookstore formerly located in Harlem, New York. His father, Norman L. McGhee Sr., was the first African American licensed to trade stocks in the Midwest, and the first African American to own a brokerage firm and mutual investment fund in the United States. The Kanya Vashon McGhee papers primarily contains materials pertaining to the Tree of Life bookstore, as well as assorted ephemera; certificates; and printed matter belonging to Kanya Vashon McGhee and Norman L. McGhee, Sr. less