Ali Mazrui

Ali Mazrui
Arabic
Born(1933-02-24)24 February 1933
Died12 October 2014(2014-10-12) (aged 81)
Vestal, New York, United States
Resting placeMazrui Graveyard, Mombasa
4°03′43″S 39°40′44″E / 4.061843°S 39.678912°E / -4.061843; 39.678912
NationalityKenyan
Alma materManchester University (BA)
Columbia University (MA)
Nuffield College, Oxford (PhD)
Occupation(s)Academic and political author
Years active1966–2014
Known forCoining the term "black orientalism"
TelevisionThe Africans: A Triple Heritage
Spouses
  • Molly Vickerman
  • Pauline Uti
Children5
Awards Order of the Burning Spear
Top 100 Public Intellectuals (2005)
Websitewww.alimazrui.com

Ali Al'amin Mazrui (24 February 1933 – 12 October 2014), 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. 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.[1][2] He produced the 1980s television documentary series The Africans: A Triple Heritage.

  1. ^ Daily Nation (13 October 2014). "Professor Ali Mazrui Dies in US". Daily Monitor (Kampala). Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  2. ^ Ian (13 October 2014). "Who Was Professor Ali Mazrui?". The Independent (Uganda). Archived from the original on 16 October 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2014.