The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Maulana Karenga

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Maulana Karenga

11/18/2002

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2002.207

Social activist, africana studies professor, and author Maulana Karenga (1941 - ) is the founder of Kwanzaa, in addition to having a career as a prolific writer and influential figure in a number of Afrocentric movements. Karenga was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 11/18/2002, in Los Angeles, California. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 1; Total Tapes: 8; Total Run Time: 03h 59m 43s

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Karenga, Maulana.

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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 being awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Durban, South Africa.Karenga's fields of teaching and research within Africana/Black Studies included: ancient Egyptian (Maatian) ethics; ancient Yo...