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Publié par

African Perspectives Publishing

Date de parution

01 septembre 2016

Nombre de lectures

EAN13

9780992236373

Langue

English

Poids de l'ouvrage

10 Mo

This book memorialising the life and work of Ali Al�amin Mazrui comprises more than 130 tributes written by people ranging from heads of state to journalists. Presented here are those tributes for which copyright permissions were received from among the hundreds that appeared online and print. In preparing this book, it was made very clear that, unlike other books of tributes to great men and women, there would be no segmentation of the sections based on writers� and speakers� positions in life. Instead, it was decided that the tributes be presented in alphabetical order based on writers� and speakers� last names. The decision hinged on the fact that Mazur would not have apposed any segmentation of people by class, race, ethnicity and gender etc. Nonetheless, out of great respect for Mazur�s immediate family members, their tributes are presented first, followed by those from his global family members. Also included at the beginning of the book are three chapters that comprise an introductory essay, a brief biography of Mazur, and an essay on metaphorical-linguistic analysis of the tributes that follow. The book also has a preface by the coeditors and a forward by Salim Ahmed Salim, the former Prime Minister of the United Republic of Tanzania and Secretary-General of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), now known as the Africa Union. Dr. Salim, who served as the Secretary-General of the OAU from 1989 to 2001, was Mazuri�s friend and contemporary. Mazruri once described Salim as �Mr Africa� and the �first real postcolonial Secretary-General of the OAU.

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Publié par

African Perspectives Publishing

Date de parution

01 septembre 2016

Nombre de lectures

EAN13

9780992236373

Langue

English

Poids de l'ouvrage

10 Mo

African Studies

TRIBUTES TO ALI AL'AMIN MAZRUI

FOREWORD: SALIM AHMED SALIM Editors: Seifudein Adem, Jideofor Adibe, Abdul Karim Bangura, Abdul Samed Bemath

African Perspectives Publishing PO Box 95342, Grant Park 2051, South Africa www.africanperspectives.co.za

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the editors.

ISBN 978-0-9922363-6-6 ISBN digital 978-0-9922363-7-3

Edited by Seifudein Adem Jideofor Adibe Abdul Karim Bangura Abdul Samed Bemath Typeset by Gail Day Cover design by K Creative Design (Pty) Ltd

dedication

The future generations of Mazruianas who must endure!

acknowledgement

We, and hopefully many readers, owe gratitude to:

The Ali Al’amin Mazrui family, for allowing us to do this book. Ms Vonette Mambu, for her patience in typing several drafts of the manuscript. Ms Gail Day for her meticulous attention to detail in ensuring the text is fluid and is presented within context. Various universities and institutions in Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, South Africa, USA and UK, for creating the context and intellectual environment in which Mwalimu Mazrui was able to produce knowledge and share it with humanity.

The people and Government of Turkey, for making it possible for Mwalimu Mazrui’s body to rest in peace with dignity in the place of his choosing in Mombasa, Kenya. The authors of the tributes, for penning their effulgent thoughts on Mwalimu Mazrui’s life and work. Members of our various families to which we belong, for offering us encouragement and prayers.

contents

Foreword _________________________________________________ix Dr Salim Ahmed Salim Former Secretary General of Organization of African Unity Former Prime Minister of Tanzania

Preface ___________________________________________________xi Seifudein Adem, Jideofor Adibe, Abdul Karim Bangura, Abdul Samed Bemath

An Outline of the Biography of Ali Al’amin Mazrui: A Chronological Approach ______________________________xiii Ali Al’amin Mazrui & Seifudein Adem

Section One ______________________________________________1 Introduction: Growing Up in a Shrinking World _________________ 3 Ali Al’amin Mazrui Brief Biography of Ali Al’amin Mazrui _______________________ 23 The Mazrui Family

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Section Two _____________________________________________31 Tributes by Ali Al’amin Mazrui’s Immediate Family Members

Section Three ____________________________________________57 Tributes by Ali Al’amin Mazrui’s Global Family Members

Section Four ____________________________________________497 Tributes to Mwalimu Ali Al’amin Mazrui: A Metaphorical Linguistic Analysis Abdul Karim Bangura

Index __________________________________________________535

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a giant tree has fallen

foreword

Dr Salim Ahmed Salim Former Secretary General of the Organization of African Unity and former Prime Minister of Tanzania

One may wonder if a book of tributes to Professor Ali Mazrui would really require a foreword. Undoubtedly the corpus of Mazrui’s published writings, documentaries, debates, addresses and advisories is profoundly so rich and captivating to render superfluous any need for a foreword in a book about this renowned African scholar. For close to half a century this distinguished professor has developed a genre of intellectual discourse about Africa and the world as a whole that has almost become a paradigm of its own standing. For many, the very name—Ali Al’amin Mazrui—triggers an intellectual enthusiasm and an intense desire for a deeper insight of the world and an understanding of how its many parts interconnect. The merits of a book such as this one, that pays homage and celebrates the life of such an independent thinker, definitely needs no overstating. A foreword is rendered even more redundant in the particular case of this book by the stature of its editors and authors. The editors have been privileged to work closely with the late professor, observing as the many streams of his ideas evolve and blossom; reading, listening, occasionally spurring with him in intricate exchanges; while all the time preserving those

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