Ali A. Mazrui papers
Scope and Contents
The Ali A. Mazrui papers document Mazrui's academic work and public response to his ideas.
The collection contains monographs by or about Mazrui, documents related to his debate with Walter Rodney in 1970, office indexes, annual reports, a short resume, articles authored by Mazrui, a short biography, correspondence, and book publishing timelines. It also contains annual newsletters created by Mazrui, lecture and event recordings, and newspaper clippings about or authored by him. Within the correspondence authored and recieved by Mazrui's assistant, Ravenna Narizzano-Bronson, are records of academic critique that Mazrui recieved on Facebook.
Dates
- Creation: 1972 - 2014
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use and has no known restrictions.
Biographical / Historical
Ali Al'amin Mazrui (1933-2014), known as Ali A. Mazrui, was a Kenyan academic, author, and professor in African and Islamic Studies. Mazrui served as Albert Schweitzer Professor in the Humanities, as well as creator and director of the Institute of Global Cultural Studies at Binghamton University from 1991, until his death in 2014.
Mazrui attended Manchester University in England, earning a B.A. with distinction in 1960. He also recieved his M.A. from Columbia University in 1961, and his doctorate from Oxford University in 1966. In 1986, he created the BBC/PBS TV series "The Africans: A Triple Heritage", which focused on the indigenous and colonial influences on Africa, and their effects. Mazrui also served as Andrew D. White Professor-at-large Emeritus at Cornell University, and was a visiting scholar at Makere University, among others.
Mazrui passed at his home in Vestal in 2014.
A full biography can be found at Wikipedia.
Extent
1.25 Linear Feet (3 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Ali Al'amin Mazrui (1933-2014), was a Kenyan academic, author, and professor in African and Islamic Studies. Mazrui served as Albert Schweitzer Professor in the Humanities, as well as creator and director of the Institute of Global Cultural Studies at Binghamton University from 1991 until his death in 2014. The Ali A. Mazrui papers document Mazrui's academic work and public response to his ideas.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged alphabetically.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
After Mazrui's death in 2014, these records were left in his office on campus and subsequently donated to the Archive.
Processing Information
This collection was organized and processed in 2024 by Emma Connolly (Student Assistant). The Ali A. Mazrui papers and the IGCS papers were orignally one collection, but the decision was made to seperate the IGCS and the Ali A. Mazrui papers due to the number of documents relating to IGCS as a whole, rather than Mazrui individually.
- Title
- Guide to the Ali A. Mazrui papers
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Emma Connolly (Student Assistant)
- Date
- 2024
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Binghamton University Libraries Special Collections Repository