Ali Mazrui
Kenyan academic (1933–2014)
Ali Al'amin Mazrui (24 February 1933 – 12 October 2014) was a Kenyan academic professor and political writer. He wrote about African and Islamic studies and North-South relations. He was born in Mombasa, Kenya. He was an Albert Schweitzer Professor in the Humanities and the Director of the Institute of Global Cultural Studies at Binghamton University in Binghamton, New York.[1][2]
Professor Ali Mazrui | |
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 Portrait of Ali Mazrui. Bentley Historical Library, 2010 | |
| Born | 24 February 1933 |
| Died | 12 October 2014 (aged 81) |
| Nationality | Kenyan |
| Alma mater | Manchester University (BA) Columbia University (MA) Oxford University (PhD) |
| Occupation(s) | Academic and Political Author |
| Years active | 1966 — 2014 |
| Television | The Africans: A Triple Heritage |
| Spouse(s) | Molly Vickerman Pauline Uti |
| Children | 6 |
| Awards | Order of the Burning Spear (CBS) Top 100 Public Intellectuals (2005) |
| Website | www |
Mazrui died in Binghamton, New York, aged 81.[3]
References
change- ↑ Daily, Nation (13 October 2014). "Professor Ali Mazrui Dies In US". Daily Monitor (Kampala). Archived from the original on 4 October 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
- ↑ ., Ian (13 October 2014). "Who Was Professor Ali Mazrui?". The Independent (Uganda). Archived from the original on 16 October 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
{{cite web}}:|last=has numeric name (help) - ↑ Ndonga, Simon (13 October 2014). "Mazrui To Be Buried Saturday In Mombasa". Capital FM (Nairobi). Retrieved 13 October 2014.
Other websites
change- Radio interview and transcript of Ali Mazrui by Amy Goodman 2009
- Ali Mazrui at IMDB
- From Slave Ship to Space Ship: African between Marginalization and Globalization Archived 2006-05-23 at the Wayback Machine by Ali A. Mazrui
- Islamic and Western Values, 75th Anniversary Foreign Affairs September/October 1997 by Ali A. Mazrui
- Pretender to Universalism: Western Culture in the Globalising Age by Ali A. Mazrui, BBC, London
- A marriage of two civilizations Archived 2006-05-08 at the Wayback Machine Conversation with Nazif Shahrani
- Universalism, Global Apartheid, and Justice Conversation with Fouad Kalouche
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