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Maulana Ndabezitha Karenga (born Ronald McKinley Everett, July 14, 1941), previously known as Ron Karenga, is an American activist, author and professor of Africana studies, best known as the creator of the pan-African and African-American holiday of Kwanzaa.
May 17, 2024 · Maulana Karenga (born July 14, 1941, Parsonsburg, Maryland, U.S.) is an American activist, scholar, and author. He is best known as the creator of Kwanzaa, the seven-day African American and Pan-African holiday.
Annual Founder’s Kwanzaa Message.
Nov 18, 2002 · Maulana Karenga. Biography. Digital Archive. Dr. Maulana Karenga, professor of Africana Studies at California State University—Long Beach, was the holder of two Ph.D.’s. Karenga completed his degrees in political science at the United States International University, and in social ethics at the University of Southern California, before ...
Dr. Maulana Karenga is professor and chair of the department of Africana Studies at California State University, Long Beach.
Dr. Maulana Karenga. As an African American and Pan-African holiday celebrated by millions throughout the world African community, Kwanzaa brings a cultural message which speaks to the best of what it means to be African and human in the fullest sense.
Maulana Karenga. Academic specialties/ Area of interest: Black/Africana Studies theory and history. Africana (continental and diasporan) philosophy. Maatian ethics (Ancient Egyptian) Ifa ethics (Ancient Yoruba) African American intellectual history and social thought. Ethnic Studies. The socio-ethical thought of Malcolm X.
May 21, 2018 · Known as the man who brought the cultural holiday of Kwanzaa to the United States in 1966, Maulana Karenga has played a key role in programs that have defined black identity and helped blacks connect themselves to their cultural roots.
Feb 12, 2007 · He currently is professor and former chair of Africana Studies at California State University, Long Beach. He remains an activist-scholar, chairing Us and the National Association of Kawaida Organizations and serving as executive director of both the Kawaida Institute of Pan-African Studies and the African American Cultural Center, Los Angeles.
Dec 7, 2021 · By Dr. Maulana Karenga — As December opens up expanded conversations and questions about the origins and practice of Kwanzaa in anticipation of its 55th anniversary celebrations by millions of African peoples around the world, it is good to remember and reaffirm its liberational origins in struggle.
