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University of sankore press, jan 1, 1993 african american art 531 pages. Current activities september 2000, schedule of events. He was born in rural maryland, the fourteenth child of a sharecropping baptist minister. Why do you think maulana karenga, the founder of kwanzaa, chose the week between christmas and new years for this holiday. Charles taylor the seven kwanzaa principles at the core of kwanzaa are the seven principles on which it is founded. Karenga was actually given the name ronald mckinley everett at birth, but he changed it approximately 20 years later to maulana karenga, meaning master teacher. Maulana karenga author of selections from the husia. Karenga completed his degrees in political science at the united states international university, and in social ethics at the university of southern california, before being awarded an honorary doctorate from the university of durban, south africa. Maulana karenga is a professor of africana studies, an activist, author, and the creator of the africanamerican holiday of kwanzaa.
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Maulana karenga, professor of africana studies at california state universitylong beach, was the holder of two ph. Maulana karenga 1 1941 writer, educator, proponent of black culturalism supported malcolm x 2 instituted a cultural holiday 3 targeted by the fbi 4 voice of reason during l. The creator of kwanzaa is maulana ndabezitha karenga, a 77yearold professor of africana studies at california state university, long beach. Maulana karenga is the author of selections from the husia 4. Maulana karenga, founder of kwanzaa, the african american holiday celebrated from december 26 to january 1, was recently captured in a series of exclusive photos taken by photographer otis mitchell for reel urban images. Karenga article about karenga by the free dictionary. Principles and practices of wellbeing and flourishing, maulana karenga and tiamoyo karenga, coauthors, in harriet pipes mcadoo, ed. You can also use this worksheet during black history month february. Polity press, 2009, 210 pp, notes, index, bibliography.
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