By Dr. Maulana Karenga — As we witness and work and struggle to end the Israeli genocidal war against the Palestinian people, the century-old brutal intervention and occupation of Haiti,…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — The earliest discourse on resurrection from the dead, judgment after death and reward of eternal life for the righteous comes from Africa, from ancient Egypt,…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — In the midst of the current state of the world with all its faces and forces of genocide, injustice, evil and oppression, I reach back…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — It is a wide-spread shared conception that our future is under surveillance and siege, that our present is problematized by big tech, artificial intelligence, and…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — Emerging and emergent conversations about our future as a people conducted in the community and academy in the midst of ever evolving technology, AI and…
Dr. Maulana Karenga — When Nana Haji Malcolm X taught and stressed the foundational importance of the critical study of history, he was responding not only to the ongoing need…
Practicing art as centering, freedom and resistance: Retrieving some essentials of a Black aesthetic
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — As we engage the 2024 ASALH Black History Theme: “African Americans and the Arts”, it is important to approach it as a celebration, invitation and…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — No one can rationally doubt or reasonably deny the singular, yet interrelated moral, legal, political and historical importance of South Africa’s initiative and case brought…
Haiti at the center of our moral concern: Ending the suffering, achieving genuine self-determination
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — In the midst of our rightful concern and support for the many oppressed and struggling peoples of the world, the people of Haiti must also…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — Again, this year we wish for Africans everywhere throughout the world African community “Heri za Kwanzaa. Happy Kwanzaa”. And we bring and send greetings of…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — Above all, gift-giving is the sharing of good, and practiced rightly, it becomes not only a ritual of celebration, but also a lesson and a…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — We must never forget and do not forget the oppression and righteous resistance of other oppressed and suffering peoples of the world, the Haitian people,…