Ali Mazrui
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Ali Al'amin Mazrui is an academic and political writer on African
and Islamic studies
and North-South relations. He is an Albert Schweitzer Professor in the Humanities and the Director of the Institute of Global Cultural Studies at Binghamton University
in Binghamton, New York
.
in New York
in 1961, and his doctorate (DPhil
) from Oxford University (Nuffield College
) in 1966.
(Kampala
, Uganda
), where he served as head of the Department of Political Science
and Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences
. He served at Makerere University until 1973, when he was forced into exile by Idi Amin
. In 1974, he joined the faculty of the University of Michigan
as professor and later was appointed the Director of the Center for Afroamerican and African Studies (1978–1981). In 1989, he was appointed to the faculty of Binghamton University
, State University of New York
as the Albert Schweitzer
Professor in the Humanities and the Director of the Institute of Global Cultural Studies (IGCS).
in Nigeria
, Andrew D. White Professor-at-Large Emeritus and Senior Scholar in Africana Studies at Cornell University
, Ithaca, New York and Chancellor of the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
, Nairobi
, Kenya
. In 1999, Mazrui retired as the inaugural Walter Rodney
Professor at the University of Guyana
, Georgetown
, Guyana
. Mazrui has also been a Visiting Scholar at Stanford University
, The University of Chicago
, Colgate University
, McGill University
, National University of Singapore
, Oxford University, Harvard University
, Bridgewater State College
, Ohio State University
, and at other institutions in Cairo
, Australia
, Leeds
, Nairobi
, Teheran, Denver, London
, Baghdad
, and Sussex
, amongst others.
In 2005, Ali Mazrui was selected as the 73rd topmost intellectual person in the world on the list of Top 100 Public Intellectuals by Prospect Magazine
(UK) and Foreign Policy (US).
(USA) and as Vice-President of the International Political Science Association
and has also served as Special Advisor to the World Bank
. He has also served on the Board of the American Muslim Council
, Washington, D.C.
He first rose to prominence as a critic of some of the accepted orthodoxies of African intellectuals in the 1960s and 1970s. He was critical of to African socialism
and all strains of Marxism
. He argued that communism
was a Western import just as unsuited for the African condition as the earlier colonial attempts to install European type governments. He argued that a revised liberalism
could help the continent and described himself as a proponent of a unique ideology of African liberalism.
At the same time he was a prominent critic of the current world order. He believed the current capitalist
system was deeply exploitative of Africa, and that the West rarely if ever lived up to their liberal ideals. He has opposed Western interventions in the developing world, such as the Iraq War. He has also long been a critic of Israel
's policies, being one of the first to try and link the treatment of Palestinians with South Africa's apartheid.
Especially in recent years, Mazrui has also become a well known commentator on Islam
and Islamism
. While rejecting violence and terrorism Mazrui has praised some of the anti-imperialist sentiment that plays an important role in modern Islamic fundamentalism. He has also argued that sharia
law is not incompatible with democracy.
In addition to his written work, Dr. Mazrui was also the creator of the television series The Africans: A Triple Heritage, which was jointly produced by the BBC
and the Public Broadcasting Service
(WETA, Washington) in association with the Nigerian Television Authority
. A book by the same title was jointly published by BBC Publications and Little, Brown and Company.
Mazrui is a regular contributor to newspapers in Kenya, Uganda, and South Africa, most notably The Nation (Nairobi), The Standard (Nairobi), The Monitor (Kampala), and The City Press (Johannesburg).
Dr. Mazrui is ranked among the world's top 100 public intellectuals
by readers of Prospect Magazine
(UK) Foreign Policy Magazine (Washington, D.C.) (see The 2005 Global Intellectuals Poll
).
African studies
African studies is the study of Africa, especially the cultures and societies of Africa .The field includes the study of:Culture of Africa, History of Africa , Anthropology of Africa , Politics of Africa, Economy of Africa African studies is the study of Africa, especially the cultures and...
and Islamic studies
Islamic studies
In a Muslim context, Islamic studies can be an umbrella term for all virtually all of academia, both originally researched and as defined by the Islamization of knowledge...
and North-South relations. He is an Albert Schweitzer Professor in the Humanities and the Director of the Institute of Global Cultural Studies at Binghamton University
Binghamton University
Binghamton University, also formally called State University of New York at Binghamton, , is a public research university in the State of New York. The University is one of the four university centers in the State University of New York system...
in Binghamton, New York
Binghamton, New York
Binghamton is a city in the Southern Tier of New York in the United States. It is near the Pennsylvania border, in a bowl-shaped valley at the confluence of the Susquehanna and Chenango Rivers...
.
Education
Mazrui studied at schools in Mombasa, in Kenya. Mazrui obtained his B.A. with Distinction from Manchester University in Great Britain in 1960, his M.A. from Columbia UniversityColumbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
in 1961, and his doctorate (DPhil
Doctor of Philosophy
Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated as Ph.D., PhD, D.Phil., or DPhil , in English-speaking countries, is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities...
) from Oxford University (Nuffield College
Nuffield College, Oxford
Nuffield College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. It is an all-graduate college and primarily a research establishment, specialising in the social sciences, particularly economics, politics and sociology. It is a research centre in the social sciences...
) in 1966.
Early career
Upon completing his education at Oxford University, Mazrui joined Makerere UniversityMakerere University
Makerere University , Uganda's largest and second-oldest higher institution of learning, , was first established as a technical school in 1922. In 1963 it became the University of East Africa, offering courses leading to general degrees from the University of London...
(Kampala
Kampala
Kampala is the largest city and capital of Uganda. The city is divided into five boroughs that oversee local planning: Kampala Central Division, Kawempe Division, Makindye Division, Nakawa Division and Lubaga Division. The city is coterminous with Kampala District.-History: of Buganda, had chosen...
, Uganda
Uganda
Uganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...
), where he served as head of the Department of Political Science
Political science
Political Science is a social science discipline concerned with the study of the state, government and politics. Aristotle defined it as the study of the state. It deals extensively with the theory and practice of politics, and the analysis of political systems and political behavior...
and Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences
Social sciences
Social science is the field of study concerned with society. "Social science" is commonly used as an umbrella term to refer to a plurality of fields outside of the natural sciences usually exclusive of the administrative or managerial sciences...
. He served at Makerere University until 1973, when he was forced into exile by Idi Amin
Idi Amin
Idi Amin Dada was a military leader and President of Uganda from 1971 to 1979. Amin joined the British colonial regiment, the King's African Rifles in 1946. Eventually he held the rank of Major General in the post-colonial Ugandan Army and became its Commander before seizing power in the military...
. In 1974, he joined the faculty of the University of Michigan
University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
as professor and later was appointed the Director of the Center for Afroamerican and African Studies (1978–1981). In 1989, he was appointed to the faculty of Binghamton University
Binghamton University
Binghamton University, also formally called State University of New York at Binghamton, , is a public research university in the State of New York. The University is one of the four university centers in the State University of New York system...
, State University of New York
State University of New York
The State University of New York, abbreviated SUNY , is a system of public institutions of higher education in New York, United States. It is the largest comprehensive system of universities, colleges, and community colleges in the United States, with a total enrollment of 465,000 students, plus...
as the Albert Schweitzer
Albert Schweitzer
Albert Schweitzer OM was a German theologian, organist, philosopher, physician, and medical missionary. He was born in Kaysersberg in the province of Alsace-Lorraine, at that time part of the German Empire...
Professor in the Humanities and the Director of the Institute of Global Cultural Studies (IGCS).
International acclaim
In addition to his appointments as the Albert Schweitzer Professor in the Humanities, Professor in Political Science, African Studies, Philosophy, Interpretation and Culture and the Director of the Institute of Global Cultural Studies (IGCS), Mazrui also holds three concurrent faculty appointments as Albert Luthuli Professor-at-Large in the Humanities and Development Studies at the University of JosUniversity of Jos
The University of Jos, abbreviated as Unijos, is a federal university in Jos, Plateau State, central Nigeria. The school offers courses in law, medicine, pharmacy, natural sciences, social sciences, the built environment as well as arts and humanities....
in Nigeria
Nigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
, Andrew D. White Professor-at-Large Emeritus and Senior Scholar in Africana Studies at Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
, Ithaca, New York and Chancellor of the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology is a public university near Nairobi, Kenya. It is situated in Juja, 36 kilometres North East of Nairobi, along Nairobi-Thika Highway. It offers courses in Engineering, Science, Architecture and Building sciences...
, Nairobi
Nairobi
Nairobi is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The city and its surrounding area also forms the Nairobi County. The name "Nairobi" comes from the Maasai phrase Enkare Nyirobi, which translates to "the place of cool waters". However, it is popularly known as the "Green City in the Sun" and is...
, Kenya
Kenya
Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
. In 1999, Mazrui retired as the inaugural Walter Rodney
Walter Rodney
Walter Rodney was a prominent Guyanese historian and political activist, who was assassinated in Guyana in 1980.-Career:...
Professor at the University of Guyana
University of Guyana
The University of Guyana, in Georgetown, Guyana is a public university established in 1963 by the Guyanese government.-History:Cheddi Jagan, then Premier of British Guiana considered that the University of the West Indies, to which his government had contributed since 1948, was not meeting the...
, Georgetown
Georgetown, Guyana
Georgetown, estimated population 239,227 , is the capital and largest city of Guyana, located in the Demerara-Mahaica region. It is situated on the Atlantic Ocean coast at the mouth of the Demerara River and it was nicknamed 'Garden City of the Caribbean.' Georgetown is located at . The city serves...
, Guyana
Guyana
Guyana , officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, previously the colony of British Guiana, is a sovereign state on the northern coast of South America that is culturally part of the Anglophone Caribbean. Guyana was a former colony of the Dutch and of the British...
. Mazrui has also been a Visiting Scholar at Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
, The University of Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
, Colgate University
Colgate University
Colgate University is a private liberal arts college in Hamilton, New York, USA. The school was founded in 1819 as a Baptist seminary and later became non-denominational. It is named for the Colgate family who greatly contributed to the university's endowment in the 19th century.Colgate has 52...
, McGill University
McGill University
Mohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...
, National University of Singapore
National University of Singapore
The National University of Singapore is Singapore's oldest university. It is the largest university in the country in terms of student enrollment and curriculum offered....
, Oxford University, Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
, Bridgewater State College
Bridgewater State College
Bridgewater State University is a public liberal-arts college in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, in the United States. It is the largest college in the Massachusetts state university system outside of the University of Massachusetts system. The school's mascot is the bear.-History:BSU was founded by...
, Ohio State University
Ohio State University
The Ohio State University, commonly referred to as Ohio State, is a public research university located in Columbus, Ohio. It was originally founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and is currently the third largest university campus in the United States...
, and at other institutions in Cairo
Cairo
Cairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, Leeds
Leeds
Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city has a population of 798,800 , making it the 30th-most populous city in the European Union.Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial...
, Nairobi
Nairobi
Nairobi is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The city and its surrounding area also forms the Nairobi County. The name "Nairobi" comes from the Maasai phrase Enkare Nyirobi, which translates to "the place of cool waters". However, it is popularly known as the "Green City in the Sun" and is...
, Teheran, Denver, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, Baghdad
Baghdad
Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040...
, and Sussex
Sussex
Sussex , from the Old English Sūþsēaxe , is an historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. It is bounded on the north by Surrey, east by Kent, south by the English Channel, and west by Hampshire, and is divided for local government into West...
, amongst others.
In 2005, Ali Mazrui was selected as the 73rd topmost intellectual person in the world on the list of Top 100 Public Intellectuals by Prospect Magazine
Prospect (magazine)
Prospect is a monthly British general interest magazine, specialising in politics and current affairs. Frequent topics include British, European, and US politics, social issues, art, literature, cinema, science, the media, history, philosophy, and psychology...
(UK) and Foreign Policy (US).
Professional organizations
In addition to his academic appointments, Mazrui has also served as President of the African Studies AssociationAfrican Studies Association
The African Studies Association is an association of scholars and professionals in the United States and Canada with an interest in the continent of Africa. Started in 1957, the ASA is the leading organization of African Studies in North America. The associations headquarters are Rutgers...
(USA) and as Vice-President of the International Political Science Association
International Political Science Association
The International Political Science Association , founded under the auspices of UNESCO in 1949, is an international scholarly association. IPSA is devoted to the advancement of political science in all parts of the world...
and has also served as Special Advisor to the World Bank
World Bank
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programmes.The World Bank's official goal is the reduction of poverty...
. He has also served on the Board of the American Muslim Council
American Muslim Council
The American Muslim Council is an Islamic organization and registered charity in the United States. Its headquarters is located in Chicago, Illinois....
, Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
Works
Mazrui's research interests include African politics, international political culture, political Islam and North-South relations. He is author or co-author of more than twenty books. Mazrui has also published hundreds of articles in major scholastic journals and for public media. He has also served on the editorial boards of more than twenty international scholarly journals.He first rose to prominence as a critic of some of the accepted orthodoxies of African intellectuals in the 1960s and 1970s. He was critical of to African socialism
African socialism
African socialism is a belief in sharing economic resources in a "traditional" African way, as distinct from classical socialism. Many African politicians of the 1950s and 1960s professed their support for African socialism, although definitions and interpretations of this term varied...
and all strains of Marxism
Marxism
Marxism is an economic and sociopolitical worldview and method of socioeconomic inquiry that centers upon a materialist interpretation of history, a dialectical view of social change, and an analysis and critique of the development of capitalism. Marxism was pioneered in the early to mid 19th...
. He argued that communism
Communism
Communism is a social, political and economic ideology that aims at the establishment of a classless, moneyless, revolutionary and stateless socialist society structured upon common ownership of the means of production...
was a Western import just as unsuited for the African condition as the earlier colonial attempts to install European type governments. He argued that a revised liberalism
Liberalism
Liberalism is the belief in the importance of liberty and equal rights. Liberals espouse a wide array of views depending on their understanding of these principles, but generally, liberals support ideas such as constitutionalism, liberal democracy, free and fair elections, human rights,...
could help the continent and described himself as a proponent of a unique ideology of African liberalism.
At the same time he was a prominent critic of the current world order. He believed the current capitalist
Capitalism
Capitalism is an economic system that became dominant in the Western world following the demise of feudalism. There is no consensus on the precise definition nor on how the term should be used as a historical category...
system was deeply exploitative of Africa, and that the West rarely if ever lived up to their liberal ideals. He has opposed Western interventions in the developing world, such as the Iraq War. He has also long been a critic of Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
's policies, being one of the first to try and link the treatment of Palestinians with South Africa's apartheid.
Especially in recent years, Mazrui has also become a well known commentator on Islam
Islam
Islam . The most common are and . : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...
and Islamism
Islamism
Islamism also , lit., "Political Islam" is set of ideologies holding that Islam is not only a religion but also a political system. Islamism is a controversial term, and definitions of it sometimes vary...
. While rejecting violence and terrorism Mazrui has praised some of the anti-imperialist sentiment that plays an important role in modern Islamic fundamentalism. He has also argued that sharia
Sharia
Sharia law, is the moral code and religious law of Islam. Sharia is derived from two primary sources of Islamic law: the precepts set forth in the Quran, and the example set by the Islamic prophet Muhammad in the Sunnah. Fiqh jurisprudence interprets and extends the application of sharia to...
law is not incompatible with democracy.
In addition to his written work, Dr. Mazrui was also the creator of the television series The Africans: A Triple Heritage, which was jointly produced by the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
and the Public Broadcasting Service
Public Broadcasting Service
The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
(WETA, Washington) in association with the Nigerian Television Authority
Nigerian Television Authority
The Nigerian Television Authority - also known as NTA - was inaugurated in 1977 and is the government-owned body in charge of television broadcasting in the country. The NTA claims to run the biggest television network in Africa with stations in several parts of Nigeria...
. A book by the same title was jointly published by BBC Publications and Little, Brown and Company.
Current Positions
- Director, Institute of Global Cultural Studies, Binghamton University, State University of New YorkBinghamton UniversityBinghamton University, also formally called State University of New York at Binghamton, , is a public research university in the State of New York. The University is one of the four university centers in the State University of New York system...
, Binghamton, New YorkBinghamton, New YorkBinghamton is a city in the Southern Tier of New York in the United States. It is near the Pennsylvania border, in a bowl-shaped valley at the confluence of the Susquehanna and Chenango Rivers...
, U.S.A. - Albert SchweitzerAlbert SchweitzerAlbert Schweitzer OM was a German theologian, organist, philosopher, physician, and medical missionary. He was born in Kaysersberg in the province of Alsace-Lorraine, at that time part of the German Empire...
Professor in the Humanities, Binghamton University, State University of New York, Binghamton, New York, U.S.A. - Professor of Political Science,African Studies and Philosophy, Interpretation and Culture, Binghamton University, State University of New York, Binghamton, New York, U.S.A.
- Chancellor, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya
- Albert Luthuli Professor-at-Large, University of Jos, Jos, Nigeria
- Senior Scholar in Africana Studies and Andrew D. White Professor-at-Large Emeritus, Cornell UniversityCornell UniversityCornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
, Ithaca, New York, U.S.A. - 2008-2009 M. Thelma McAndless Distinguished scholar, Eastern Michigan UniversityEastern Michigan UniversityEastern Michigan University is a comprehensive, co-educational public university located in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Ypsilanti is west of Detroit and eight miles east of Ann Arbor. The university was founded in 1849 as Michigan State Normal School...
, Ypsilanti, MI, U.S.A. - President, Association of Muslim Social Scientists of North America, Washington D.C.
Previous Membership of Organizations (1980-1995)
- Fellow, African Academy of SciencesAfrican Academy of SciencesThe African Academy of Sciences is an Africa-wide scientists organisation. It serves firstly to honour African scientists who have become internationally renowned through their efforts in their respective fields, and secondly to encourage the development of the research and technology base...
- Member, Pan-African Advisory Council to UNICEF (The United Nations' Children's Fund)
- Vice-President, World Congress of Black Intellectuals
- Member, United Nations Commission on Transnational Corporations
- Distinguished Visiting Professor, The Ohio State UniversityOhio State UniversityThe Ohio State University, commonly referred to as Ohio State, is a public research university located in Columbus, Ohio. It was originally founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and is currently the third largest university campus in the United States...
, Columbus, OhioColumbus, OhioColumbus is the capital of and the largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio. The broader metropolitan area encompasses several counties and is the third largest in Ohio behind those of Cleveland and Cincinnati. Columbus is the third largest city in the American Midwest, and the fifteenth largest city...
, U.S.A. (Spring) - Member, Bank's Council of African Advisors, The World BankWorld BankThe World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programmes.The World Bank's official goal is the reduction of poverty...
(Washington, D.C.) - Vice-President, International African InstituteInternational African InstituteThe International African Institute was founded in 1926 in London for the study of African languages...
, LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, England - Member of the Advisory Board of Directors of the Detroit Chapter, AfricareAfricareAfricare is a non-profit organization based in the United States which provides development aid for Africa. Africare was founded in 1970 by former Peace Corps members who had worked in eastern Niger, as well as a Nigerian diplomat. Africare now provides aid for approximately 25 countries in every...
Media
- Featured in upcoming Motherland (film)Motherland (film)Motherland is a 2010 independent documentary film directed and written by Owen 'Alik Shahadah. Motherland is the sequel to the multiaward winning film 500 Years Later.- Synopsis:...
2009, directed by Owen Alik Shahadah which features key academics from around the continent of Africa.Ali Mazrui in Motherland film - Main African Consultant and on-screen respondent, Programme on “A History Denied” in the television series on Lost Civilizations (NBCNBCThe National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
and Time-LifeTime-LifeTime–Life is a creator and direct marketer of books, music, video/DVD, and multimedia products. Its products are sold throughout North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia through television, print, retail, the Internet, telemarketing, and direct sales....
, 1996), U.S.A. - Author of “The Bondage of Boundaries: Towards Redefining Africa”, article in the 150th anniversary issue of The EconomistThe EconomistThe Economist is an English-language weekly news and international affairs publication owned by The Economist Newspaper Ltd. and edited in offices in the City of Westminster, London, England. Continuous publication began under founder James Wilson in September 1843...
(London) (September) Vol. 328, No. 7828, 1993. - Author and Narrator, “The Africans: A Triple Heritage”, BBCBBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
and PBSPublic Broadcasting ServiceThe Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
television series in cooperation with Nigerian Television Authority, 1986. - Author and Broadcaster, "The African Condition", BBC Reith Radio Lectures, 1979, with book of the same title (New York: Cambridge University PressCambridge University PressCambridge University Press is the publishing business of the University of Cambridge. Granted letters patent by Henry VIII in 1534, it is the world's oldest publishing house, and the second largest university press in the world...
, 1980) - Advisor to the award-winning, PBS-broadcast documentary Muhammad: Legacy of a ProphetMuhammad: Legacy of a ProphetMuhammad: Legacy of the Prophet is a PBS documentary film about the life of Islamic prophet Muhammad based on historical records and on the stories of living American Muslims who call Muhammad the Messenger of God...
(2002), produced by Unity Productions Foundation.
Mazrui is a regular contributor to newspapers in Kenya, Uganda, and South Africa, most notably The Nation (Nairobi), The Standard (Nairobi), The Monitor (Kampala), and The City Press (Johannesburg).
Awards
- Millennium Tribute for Outstanding Scholarship, House of LordsHouse of LordsThe House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster....
, Parliament Buildings, London, June 2000 - Special Award from the Association of Muslim Social Scientists (United Kingdom), honoring Mazrui for his contribution to the social sciences and Islamic studies, June 2000
- Honorary Doctorate of Letters from various universities for fields which include Divinity, Humane Letters, and the Sciences of Development
- Icon of the Twentieth Century, elected by Lincoln UniversityLincoln University (Pennsylvania)Lincoln University is the United States' first degree-granting historically black university. It is located near the town of Oxford in southern Chester County, Pennsylvania. The university also hosts a Center for Graduate Studies in the City of Philadelphia. Lincoln University provides...
, PennsylvaniaPennsylvaniaThe Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
, 1998 - Appointed Walter Rodney Professor, University of GuyanaUniversity of GuyanaThe University of Guyana, in Georgetown, Guyana is a public university established in 1963 by the Guyanese government.-History:Cheddi Jagan, then Premier of British Guiana considered that the University of the West Indies, to which his government had contributed since 1948, was not meeting the...
, Georgetown, GuyanaGeorgetown, GuyanaGeorgetown, estimated population 239,227 , is the capital and largest city of Guyana, located in the Demerara-Mahaica region. It is situated on the Atlantic Ocean coast at the mouth of the Demerara River and it was nicknamed 'Garden City of the Caribbean.' Georgetown is located at . The city serves...
, 1998 - Icon of the Twentieth Century Award, Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, 1998
- DuBois-Garvey Award for Pan-African Unity, Morgan State UniversityMorgan State UniversityMorgan State University, formerly Centenary Biblical Institute , Morgan College and Morgan State College , is a historically black college in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Morgan is Maryland's designated public urban university and the largest HBCU in the state of Maryland...
, Baltimore, Maryland, 1998 - Appointed Ibn-Khaldun Professor-at-Large, School of Islamic and Social Sciences, Leesburg, VirginiaLeesburg, VirginiaLeesburg is a historic town in, and county seat of, Loudoun County, Virginia, United States of America. Leesburg is located west-northwest of Washington, D.C. along the base of the Catoctin Mountain and adjacent to the Potomac River. Its population according the 2010 Census is 42,616...
, 1997–2001 - Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award, University of MichiganUniversity of MichiganThe University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1988 - Appointed Distinguished Andrew D. White Professor-at-Large, Cornell UniversityCornell UniversityCornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
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, USA (1986–1992)
Dr. Mazrui is ranked among the world's top 100 public intellectuals
by readers of Prospect Magazine
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Publications by Mazrui
- 2008: Islam in Africa's Experience [Editor: Ali Mazrui, Patrick Dikirr, Robert Ostergard Jr., Michael Toler and Paul Macharia], (New Delhi: Sterling Paperbacks)
- 2008: Euro-Jews and Afro-ArabAfro-ArabAfro-Arab refers to people of mixed Black African and genealogical Arab ancestral heritage and/or linguistically and culturally Arabized Black Africans...
s: The Great Semitic Divergence in History [Editor: Seifudein Adem], (Washington DC: University of America Press) - 2008: The Politics of War and Culture of Violence [Editor: Seifudein Adem and Abdul Bemath], (New Jersey: Africa world Press)
- 2008: Globalization and Civilization: Are they Forces in Conflict? [Editor: Ali Mazrui, Patrick Dikirr, Shalahudin Kafrawi], (New York: Global Academic Publications)
- 2006: A Tale of two Africas: Nigeria and South Afric as contrasting Visions [Editor: James N. Karioki], (London: Adonis & Abbey)
- 2006: Islam: Between Globalization & Counter-Terrorism [Editors: Shalahudin Kafrawi, Alamin M. Mazrui and Ruzima Sebuharara] (Trenton, NJ and Asmara, Eritrea: Africa World Press)
- 2004: The African Predicament and the American Experience: a Tale of two Edens (Westport, CT and London: Praeger)
- 2002: Black Reparations in the era of Globalization [with Alamin Mazrui (Binghamton: The Institute of Global Cultural Studies)]
- 2002: The Titan of Tanzania: Julius K. Nyerre's Legacy (Binghamton: The Institute of Global Cultural Studies)
- 2002: Africa and other Civilizations: Conquest and Counter-Conquest, The Collected Essays of Ali A. Mazrui, Vol. 2 [Series Editor: Toyin Falola; Editors: Ricardo Rene Laremont & Fouad Kalouche] (Trenton, NJ and Asmara, Eritrea: Africa World Press)
- 2002: Africanity Redefined, The Collected Essays of Ali A. Mazrui, Vol. 1 [Series Editor: Toyin Falola; Editors: Ricardo Rene Laremont & Tracia Leacock Seghatolislami] (Trenton, NJ and Asmara,Eritrea: Africa World Press)
- 1999: Political Culture of Language: Swahili, Society and the State [with Alamin M. Mazrui] (Binghamton: The Institute of Global Cultural Studies)
- 1999: The African Diaspora: African Origins and New World Identities [Co-editors Isidore Okpewho and Carole Boyce Davies] (Bloomington: Indiana University PressIndiana University PressIndiana University Press, also known as IU Press, is an academic publisher at Indiana University that specializes in the humanities and social sciences. It was founded in 1950. Its headquarters are located in Bloomington, Indiana....
). - 1998: The Power of Babel: Language and Governance in the African Experience [with Alamin M. Mazrui] (Oxford and Chicago: James Currey and University of Chicago PressUniversity of Chicago PressThe University of Chicago Press is the largest university press in the United States. It is operated by the University of Chicago and publishes a wide variety of academic titles, including The Chicago Manual of Style, dozens of academic journals, including Critical Inquiry, and a wide array of...
). - 1995: Swahili, State and Society: The Political Economy of an African Language [with Alamin M. Mazrui] (Nairobi: East African Educational Publishers).
- 1993: Africa since 1935: VOL. VIII of UNESCOUNESCOThe United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...
General History of Africa [Editor,Asst. Ed. C. Wondji] (London: Heinemann and Berkeley: University of California PressUniversity of California PressUniversity of California Press, also known as UC Press, is a publishing house associated with the University of California that engages in academic publishing. It was founded in 1893 to publish books and papers for the faculty of the University of California, established 25 years earlier in 1868...
, 1993). - 1990: Cultural Forces in World Politics (London and Portsmouth, N.H: James Currey and Heinemann).
- 1986: The Africans: A Triple Heritage (New York: Little Brown and Co., and London: BBC).
- 1986: The Africans: A Reader Senior Editor [with T.K. Levine] (New York: Praeger).
- 1984: Nationalism and New States in Africa: From about 1935 to the Present [with Michael Tidy] (Heinemann Educational Books, London).
- 1980: The African Condition: A Political Diagnosis [The Reith Lectures] (London, Heinemann Educational Books and New York, Cambridge University Press).
- 1978: The Warrior Tradition in Modern Africa [Editor] (The Hague and Leiden, The Netherlands: E.J. Brill PublishersBrill PublishersBrill is an international academic publisher founded in 1683 in Leiden, the Netherlands. With offices in Leiden and Boston, Brill today publishes more than 134 journals and around 600 new books and reference works each year...
). - 1978: Political Values and the Educated Class in Africa (London: Heinemann Educational Books and Berkeley, CA: University of California Press).
- 1977: State of the Glove Report, 1977 (Edited and co-authored for World Order Models Project)
- 1977: Africa's International Relations: The Diplomacy of Dependency and Change (London: Heinemann Educational Books and Boulder: Westview Press).
- 1976: A World Federation of Cultures: An African Perspective (New York: Free Press).
- 1975: Soldiers and Kinsmen in Uganda: The making of a Military Ethnocracy (Beverly Hills: Sage Publication and London).
- 1975: The Political Sociology of the English Language: An African Perspective: (The Hague: Mouton Co.).
- 1973: World Culture and the Black Experience (Seattle: The University of Washington Press).
- 1973: Africa in World Affairs: The Next Thirty Years [Co-edited with Hasu Patel] (New York and London: The Third Press).
- 1971: The Trial of Christopher Okigbo [Novel] (London: Heinemann Educational Books and New York: The Third Press).
- 1971: Cultural Engineering and Nation-Building in East Africa (Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University PressNorthwestern University PressNorthwestern University Press is the university press of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, USA.- History :Northwestern University Press was founded in 1893, at first specializing in legal periodicals. Today, the Press publishes scholarly books of fiction, non-fiction, and literary...
). - 1970: Protest and Power in Black Africa [Co-edited with Robert I. Rotberg] (New York: Oxford University PressOxford University PressOxford University Press is the largest university press in the world. It is a department of the University of Oxford and is governed by a group of 15 academics appointed by the Vice-Chancellor known as the Delegates of the Press. They are headed by the Secretary to the Delegates, who serves as...
). - 1969: Violence and Thought: Essays on Social Tentions in Africa (London and Harlow: Longman).
- 1967: Towards a Pax Africana: A Study of Ideology and Ambition (London: Weidenfeld and Nicholson, and University of Chicago Press).
- 1967: On Heroes and Uhuru-Worship: Essays on Independent Africa (London: Longman).
- 1967: The Anglo-African Commonwealth: Political Friction and Cultural Fusion (Oxford: Pergamon Press).
Publications about Mazrui
- Adam, Hussein M. “Kwame Nkrumah: Leninist Czar or Leninist Garvey?” in The Global African: A Portrait of Ali A. Mazrui edited by Omari Kokole (Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 1998), pp. xi-xvii.
- Annan, Kofi, “The Global African”, in The Scholar Between Thought and Experience by Parviz Morewedge (Binghamton, NY: Institute of Global Cultural Studies, 2001), pp. 339–340.
- Anwar, Etin, “Mazrui and Gender: On the Question of Methodology”, in The Mazruiana Collection Revisited: Ali A. Mazrui debating the African condition. An annotated and select thematic bibliography 1962-2003 compiled by Abdul Samed Bemath (Pretoria, South Africa: Africa Institute of South Africa and New Dawn Press Group, 2005), pp 363–377.
- Anyaoku, Emeka, “Foreword”, in The Mazruiana Collection Revisited: Ali A. Mazrui debating the African condition. An annotated and select thematic bibliography 1962-2003 compiled by Abdul Samed Bemath (Pretoria, South Africa: Africa Institute of South Africa and New Dawn Press Group, 2005), pp ix.
- Avari, Burjor, “Recollections of Ali Mazrui as an Undergraduate”, in The Global African: A Portrait of Ali A. Mazrui edited by Omari Kokole (Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 1998), pp. 291–296.
- Assensoh, A B. and Alex-Assensoh, Y M. “The Mazruiana Collection Revisited: An Introduction”, in The Mazruiana Collection Revisited: Ali A. Mazrui debating the African condition. An annotated and select thematic bibliography 1962-2003 compiled by Abdul Samed Bemath (Pretoria, South Africa: Africa Institute of South Africa and New Dawn Press Group, 2005), pp xxiii-xxviii.
- Ayele, Negussay. “Mazruiana on Conflict and Violence in Africa”, in The Global African: A Portrait of Ali A. Mazrui edited by Omari Kokole (Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 1998), pp. 105–119.
- Bakari, Mohamed. “Ali Mazrui’s Political Sociology of Language”, in Robert Ostergard, Ricardo Rene Laremont and Fouad Kalouche (eds.) Power, Politics, and the African Condition. Collected Essays of Ali A. Mazrui. Vol. 3. Trenton, NJ and Asmara, Eritrea: Africa World Press, 2004, pp. 411–429.
- Bemath, Abdul Samed. The Mazruiana Collection. A Comprehensive Annotated Bibliography of the Published Works of Ali A. Mazrui. 1st Edition (1998), 2nd Edition (2005).
- Bemath, Abdul Samed. “In Search of Mazruiana”, in The Scholar Between Thought and Experience by Parviz Morewedge (Binghamton, NY: Institute of Global Cultural Studies, 2001), pp. 33–62.
- Dunbar, Robert Ann.“ Culture, Religion, and Women’s Fate: Africa’s Triple Heritage and Ali Mazrui’s Writings on Gender and African Women”, in Robert Ostergard, Ricardo Rene Laremont and Fouad Kalouche (eds.) Power, Politics, and the African Condition. Collected Essays of Ali A. Mazrui, Vol. 3. Trenton, NJ and Asmara, Eritrea: Africa World Press, 2004, pp. 431–452.
- Elaigwu, Isawa J. “The Mazruiana Collection: An Academic Introduction”, in The Mazruiana Collection: A Comprehensive Annotated Bibliography of the Published Works of Ali A. Mazrui, 1962-1997 compiled by Abdul Samed Bemath (Johannesburg, South Africa: Foundation for Global Dialogue, 1998), pp 1–8.
- Falola, Toyin and Ricardo Rene Laremont. “Editors’ Note”, in Ricardo Rene Laremont and Tracia Leacock Seghatolislami (eds.) Africanity Redefined. Collected Essays of Ali A. Mazrui, Vol. 1. Trenton, NJ and Asmara, Eritrea: Africa World Press, 2004, pp. vii-viii.
- Frank, Diana. “Producing Ali Mazrui’s TV Series”, in The Global African: A Portrait of Ali A. Mazrui edited by Omari Kokole (Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 1998), pp. 297–307.
- Gowon, Yakubu. “Foreword”, in The Mazruiana Collection: A Comprehensive Annotated Bibliography of the Published Works of Ali A. Mazrui, 1962-1997 compiled by Abdul Samed Bemath (Johannesburg, South Africa: Foundation for Global Dialogue, 1998), pp vii-viii.
- Harbeson, John W. “Culture, Freedom and Power in Mazruiana”, in The Global African: A Portrait of Ali A. Mazrui edited by Omari Kokole (Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 1998), pp. 23–35.
- Juma, Laurence. “Mazrui's Perspectives on Conflict and Violence”, in Africa Quarterley: Indian Journal of African Affairs, Vol. 46. No. 3, (August–October 2006), pp. 22–33.
- Kalouche, Fouad. “The Nexus of the Triple Heritage and the Call for Justice in the Scholarship of Ali Mazrui”, in Robert Ostergard, Ricardo Rene Laremont and Fouad Kalouche (eds.) Power, Politics, and the African Condition. Collected Essays of Ali A. Mazrui, Vol. 3. (Trenton, NJ and Asmara, Eritrea: Africa World Press, 2004), pp. 453–463.
- Kokole, Omari H. “Introduction”, in The Global African: A Portrait of Ali A. Mazrui edited by Omari Kokole (Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 1998), pp. xxi-xxiii.
- Kokole, Omari H. “The Master Essayist”, in The Global African: A Portrait of Ali A. Mazrui edited by Omari Kokole (Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 1998), pp. 3–22.
- Kokole, Omari H. “Conclusion: The Master Essayist”, in The Mazruiana Collection: A Comprehensive Annotated Bibliography of the Published Works of Ali A. Mazrui, 1962-1997 compiled by Abdul Samed Bemath (Johannesburg, South Africa: Foundation for Global Dialogue, 1998), pp 290–311.
- Laremont, Ricardo Rene and Fouad Kalouche. “Editors’ Note”, in Ricardo Rene Laremont and Fouad Kalouche (eds.) Africa and Other Civilizations. Conquest and Counter-Conquest. The Collected Essays of Ali A. Mazrui, Vol. 2. Trenton, NJ and Asmara, Eritrea: Africa World Press, 2002, pp. xi-x.
- Makinda, Samuel M. “The Triple Heritage and Global Governance”, in The Mazruiana Collection Revisited: Ali A. Mazrui debating the African condition. An annotated and select thematic bibliography 1962-2003 compiled by Abdul Samed Bemath (Pretoria, South Africa: Africa Institute of South Africa and New Dawn Press Group, 2005), pp 354–362.
- Mazrui, Alamin M. “The African Impact on American Higher Education: Ali Mazrui’s Contribution”, in The Scholar Between Thought and Experience by Parviz Morewedge (Binghamton, NY: Institute of Global Cultural Studies, 2001), pp. 3–22.
- Mazrui, Alamin M. “Mazruiana and Global Language: Eurocentrism and African Counter-Penetration”, in The Global African: A Portrait of Ali A. Mazrui edited by Omari Kokole (Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 1998), pp. 155–172.
- Mazrui, Alamin and Mutunga, Willy M., Race, Gender and Culture Conflict (Debating the African Condition : Ali Mazrui and His Critics) ( Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 2003).
- Morewedge, Parviz. “The Onyx Crescent: The Islamic/Africa Axis”, in The Global African: A Portrait of Ali A. Mazrui edited by Omari Kokole (Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 1998), pp. 121–149.
- Mowoe, Isaac J. “Ali A. Mazrui – ‘The Lawyer’”, in The Scholar Between Thought and Experience by Parviz Morewedge (Binghamton, NY: Institute of Global Cultural Studies, 2001), pp. 145-155.
- Nyang, Sulayman. “The Scholar’s Mansions”, in The Scholar Between Thought and Experience by Parviz Morewedge (Binghamton, NY: Institute of Global Cultural Studies, 2001), pp. 119–130.
- Nyang, Sulayman S. “Ali A. Mazrui: The Man and His Works”, in The Mazruiana Collection: A Comprehensive Annotated Bibliography of the Published Works of Ali A. Mazrui, 1962-1997 compiled by Abdul Samed Bemath (Johannesburg, South Africa: Foundation for Global Dialogue, 1998), pp 9–40.
- Nyang, Sulayman S. “Postscript to Ali A. Mazrui: The Man and His Works”, in The Mazruiana Collection: A Comprehensive Annotated Bibliography of the Published Works of Ali A. Mazrui, 1962-1997 compiled by Abdul Samed Bemath (Johannesburg, South Africa: Foundation for Global Dialogue, 1998), pp 41–50.
- Nyang, Sulayman S. Ali A. Mazrui and His Works Brunswick Pub. Co. 1981.
- Ogundipe-Leslie, Molara. “Beyond Hearsay and Academic Journalism: The Black Woman and Ali Mazrui”, in The Global African: A Portrait of Ali A. Mazrui edited by Omari Kokole (Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 1998), pp. 249–258.
- Okpewho, Isidore. “Introduction”, in The Scholar Between Thought and Experience by Parviz Morewedge (Binghamton, NY: Institute of Global Cultural Studies, 2001), pp. xiii-xv.
- Ostergard, Robert, Ricardo Rene Laremont and Fouad Kalouche. “Editors’ Note”, in Robert Ostergard, Ricardo Rene Laremont and Fouad Kalouche (eds.) Power, Politics, and the African Condition. Collected Essays of Ali A. Mazrui, Vol. 3. Trenton, NJ and Asmara, Eritrea: Africa World Press, 2004, pp. xi-xiv.
- Salem, Ahmed Ali. “The Islamic Heritage of Mazruiana”, in The Scholar Between Thought and Experience by Parviz Morewedge (Binghamton, NY: Institute of Global Cultural Studies, 2001), pp. 63–99.
- Salim, Salim A. “Mazrui: The Teacher at 60”, Appendix 1 in The Scholar Between Thought and Experience by Parviz Morewedge (Binghamton, NY: Institute of Global Cultural Studies, 2001), pp. 337–338.
- Sawere, Chaly. “The Multiple Mazrui: Scholar, Ideologue, Philosopher and Artist”, in The Global African: A Portrait of Ali A. Mazrui edited by Omari Kokole (Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 1998), pp. 269–289.
- Seifudein Adem. “Social Constructivism in African Political Thought: Ali A. Mazrui’s Contributions”, paper presented at the 6th Seminar of the Special Project on Civil Society, State and Culture; 1 st July 2005, University of Tsukuba, Japan.
- Seifudein Adem. “Ali A. Mazrui: A Postmodern Ibn Khaldun?”, Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 127–145.
- Seifudein Adem. Paradigm Lost, Paradigm Regained: The Worldview of Ali A. Mazrui, Provo, Utah: Global Humanities Press, 2002.
- Seifudein Adem.Mazruiana and the New International Relations, paper prepared for presentation at the African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific, 4–6 October 2001, Melbourne, Australia.
- Sklar, Richard L. “On the Concept of We Are All Americans”, in The Global African: A Portrait of Ali A. Mazrui edited by Omari Kokole (Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 1998), pp. 201–205.
- Thomas, Darryl C. “From Pax Africana to Global Africa”, in The Global African: A Portrait of Ali A. Mazrui edited by Omari Kokole (Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 1998), pp. 77–103.
- Thuynsma, Peter N. “On The Trial of Christopher Okigbo”, in The Global African: A Portrait of Ali A. Mazrui edited by Omari Kokole (Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 1998), pp. 185–200.
- Ufumaka, Jr., Akeh-Ugah. “Who Is Afraid of Ali Mazrui? One Year in the Life of a Global Scholar”, in The Scholar Between Thought and Experience by Parviz Morewedge (Binghamton, NY: Institute of Global Cultural Studies, 2001), pp. 23–31.
- Uwazurike, Chudi and Aba Sackeyfio. “One Year in the Life of Ali Mazrui”, in The Scholar Between Thought and Experience by Parviz Morewedge (Binghamton, NY: Institute of Global Cultural Studies, 2001), pp. 131–144.
- Wai, Dunstan M. “Mazruiphilia, Mazruiphobia: Democracy, Governance and Development”, in The Global African: A Portrait of Ali A. Mazrui edited by Omari Kokole (Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 1998), pp. 37–76.
- Welch, Claude E. “Human Rights in Mazruiana”, in The Global African: A Portrait of Ali A. Mazrui edited by Omari Kokole (Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 1998), pp. 173–184.
External links
- Radio interview and transcript of Ali Mazrui by Amy Goodman 2009
- Ali Mazrui at IMDB
- From Slave Ship to Space Ship: African between Marginalization and Globalization by Ali A. Mazrui
- Islamic and Western Values, 75th Anniversary Foreign Affairs September/October 1997 by Ali A. Mazrui
- Pretender to Universalism: Western Culture in the Globalising Age by Ali A. Mazrui, BBC, London
- A marriage of two civilizations Conversation with Nazif Shahrani
- Universalism, Global Apartheid, and Justice Conversation with Fouad Kalouche
- Annual Mazrui Newsletter no. 29 (2005)