By Dr. Maulana Karenga — In remembrance, retrieval and reaffirmation. Clearly, in this important month and historical moment of celebrating Black History through remembrance and recommitment to ever-deeper study and…
Dr. Maulana Karenga, Professor and Chair of Africana Studies, California State University-Long Beach; Executive Director, African American Cultural Center (Us); Creator of Kwanzaa; and author of Kwanzaa: A Celebration of Family, Community and Culture, The Message and Meaning of Kwanzaa: Bringing Good Into the World and Essays on Struggle: Position and Analysis, ww.AfricanAmericanCulturalCenter-LA.org; www.OfficialKwanzaaWebsite.org; www.MaulanaKarenga.org.
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — In remembrance, retrieval and reaffirmation. Clearly, in this important month and historical moment of celebrating Black History through remembrance and recommitment to ever-deeper study and…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — The essential recommendation of close reading and critical reflection concerning history is one of those kinds of advice which is regularly given but infrequently followed….
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — There is, indeed, in this historic moment, a specter, an evil spirit and pernicious presence haunting, hunting and wreaking havoc on the world. And it…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — To make even partial sense out of the Orwellian world and Madhatter would-be wonderland minus Alice which Trump and his MAGA Trumpeteers seek to establish…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — On Saturday, January 3, the American government launched an unprovoked, unjustifiable and illegal attack on the sovereign country of Venezuela, killed at least 80 people,…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — All around the world and on every inhabited continent in the world, during the week of December 26-January 1, African peoples will celebrate the pan-African…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — Retrieving history and narrative in the most reflective and sensitive ways, I want to share again thoughts about celebrating Thanksgiving Day. Indeed, it is good…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — On Monday of this week, the Department of Africana Studies and the College of Liberal Arts at CSULB co-sponsored a retirement celebration for me, for…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — Certainly, I’m aware that by the time this column is read, the election results will be in and we will have achieved some important electoral…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — This is a sankofa reminder that we must constantly lift up the light that lasts and drive away the illusions, shadows and showboating that pose…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — By any meaningful measurement and reflective understanding, we are living in difficult, dangerous and demanding times, and we are compelled to bring forth the best…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — This is a sankofa remembrance, retrieval and reflection on one of the most important freedom fighters in the history of the struggles for African and…