Maulana Karenga: An Intellectual Portrait

by Molefi Kete Asante

Book Overview

In this book, the most prolific contemporary African American scholar and cultural theorist Molefi Kete Asante leads the reader on an informative journey through the mind of Maulana Karenga, one of the key cultural thinkers of our time. Not only is Karenga the creator of Kwanzaa, an extensive and widespread celebratory holiday based on his philosophy of Kawaida, he is an activist-scholar committed to a "dignity-affirming" life for all human beings...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745648282
• ISBN13: 9780745648286
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"