Ali A. Mazrui

Ali Mazrui (24 February 1933 – 12 October 2014) was a Kenyan political scientist, historian, writer and public intellectual. He served as Director of the Institute of Global Cultural Studies at Binghamton University and was one of Africa's foremost scholars on politics, culture, Islam and international relations. His television series The Africans: A Triple Heritage and numerous books established him as one of the most influential African intellectuals of the twentieth century. Quotes "Africa is a continent of rich cultures but poor states." The Africans: A Triple Heritage, BBC/PBS television series, 1986. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ali-Mazrui "The twentieth century has been a century of tremendous political awakening in Africa." The Africans: A Triple Heritage, BBC/PBS television series, 1986. https://archive.org/details/africanstriplehe0000mazr "The African experience has been shaped by the interaction of indigenous traditions, Islam and the West." The Africans: A Triple Heritage. Little, Brown and Company, 1986. https://archive.org/details/africanstriplehe0000mazr "Culture is not merely a heritage from the past; it is also a resource for the future." Cultural Forces in World Politics. James Currey, 1990. https://www.jstor.org/stable/116090 "No civilization develops in complete isolation from others." The Africans: A Triple Heritage. Little, Brown and Company, 1986. https://archive.org/details/africanstriplehe0000mazr External links Category:1933 births Category:2014 deaths