![Commentary, Articles and Essays by Dr. Maulana Karenga](https://ibw21.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/articles-by-dr-maulana-karenga_duotone_v1-e1498900769431.jpg)
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — In this month of remembering, raising up and reflecting on our awesome making and movement through history, it is good to remind our ourselves, society…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — In this month of remembering, raising up and reflecting on our awesome making and movement through history, it is good to remind our ourselves, society…
Dr. Maulana Karenga — The savage murder and mayhem imposed and inflicted on yet another Black man, a Black person, Tyre Nichols, on his family and community and on Black…
By Herb Boyd — Dr. Haki Madhubuti was devastated, overcome with tears, when he saw the photos of his flooded property. “I was in Cleveland on December 9, 2023 getting ready…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — Author’s Note: As we come to the end of January and recommit ourselves to practices of good in and for the world, the pursuit and…
Dr. Maulana Karenga — One of the most critical tasks of our times is to reaffirm, deepen and expand our culture of struggle as a people, with its rich talkings…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — Kwanzaa is a time of celebration, remembrance, reflection and recommitment. It requires these practices throughout the holiday. But the last day of Kwanzaa is dedicated…
Annual Founder’s Kwanzaa Message By Dr. Maulana Karenga — Heri za Kwanzaa. Happy Kwanzaa to African people everywhere throughout the world African community. And we share these greetings also with…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — As we move once again into the month of December and the season of celebration of the good at the year’s end, Kwanzaa will again…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — (Author’s note: This is a revisiting of an earlier article that speaks not so much to history repeating itself, but of different peoples repeating their…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — Regardless of the outcome of these current midterm elections, favorable results for us and others will not redeem or radically change this country or save…
Improving the conditions and capacities for life By Maulana Karenga — By any sane and serious reasoning, measure and meaning, these are bleak, unBlack, challenging and taxing times for this…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — The recent revelation of the racist rant, irrational reasoning and inequitable reordering of the political map of Los Angeles by a group of Latina/o city…