Ali A. Mazrui

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gptkbp:instanceOf Person
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:University_of_Illinois_at_Urbana-Champaign
gptkb:State_University_of_New_York_at_Binghamton
gptkbp:awards Honorary_Doctorate_from_the_University_of_Cape_Town
Honorary_Doctorate_from_the_University_of_Alberta
Honorary_Doctorate_from_the_University_of_Nairobi
gptkbp:born February 24, 1933
gptkbp:child gptkb:Hassan_Mazrui
gptkb:Amina_Mazrui
gptkb:Fatima_Mazrui
gptkb:Abdul_Mazrui
gptkb:Zainab_Mazrui
gptkbp:contribution Engaged in public intellectualism
Advocated_for_democracy_in_Africa
Critiqued_Western_imperialism
Explored_the_intersection_of_Islam_and_modernity
Promoted_African_perspectives_in_global_discourse
gptkbp:died October 12, 2014
gptkbp:education gptkb:Makerere_University
gptkb:Columbia_University
gptkb:University_of_Manchester
gptkbp:famousQuote "Culture is the bedrock of identity."
The_future_of_Africa_is_in_the_hands_of_its_youth.
We_are_all_Africans.
gptkbp:field Political Science
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ali A. Mazrui
gptkbp:influenced Cultural Studies
Global_South_Studies
African_intellectual_thought
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Edward_Said
gptkb:Frantz_Fanon
Wole Soyinka
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Postcolonial_Studies
Cultural Criticism
Media Commentary
African_Studies
gptkbp:language gptkb:Arabic
gptkb:Swahili
English
gptkbp:nationality African
Kenyan
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:The_Africans:_A_Triple_Heritage
Islam,_Democracy,_and_the_West
gptkbp:occupation Academic
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Kenya
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:spouse Ruth_Mazrui
gptkbp:website http://www.mazrui.com