Ali Mazrui
Kenyan academic (1933-2014) · Kenya · On the map · Academics · Died at 81
Ali Al'amin Mazrui, was a Kenyan-born American academic, professor, and political writer on African and Islamic studies, and North-South relations. He was born in Mombasa, Kenya.
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2014Died12 October 20142007Order of the Companions of O. R. TamboAward1995Distinguished Africanist AwardAward1988Fellow of the African Academy of SciencesAward1933Born24 February 1933
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His positions included Director of the Institute of Global Cultural Studies at Binghamton University in Binghamton, New York, and Director of the Center for Afro-American and African Studies at the University of Michigan. He produced the 1980s television documentary series The Africans: A Triple Heritage.
Country
Kenya
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1933 to 2014 · aged 81
