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Ali Mazrui, top Kenyan academic, dies in the US | Ali Mazrui, top Kenyan academic, dies in the US |
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Renowned Kenyan academic Ali Mazrui has died in the US aged 81 after being ill for several months. | Renowned Kenyan academic Ali Mazrui has died in the US aged 81 after being ill for several months. |
Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta said Africa had been robbed of one of its greatest scholars. | Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta said Africa had been robbed of one of its greatest scholars. |
Mr Mazrui had been "towering" academic whose "intellectual contributions played a major role in shaping African scholarship", he added. | Mr Mazrui had been "towering" academic whose "intellectual contributions played a major role in shaping African scholarship", he added. |
He had been a professor at Binghamton University in New York at the time of his death. | |
Leading pan-Africanist | |
His body will be flown to Kenya for burial, said Khelef Khalifa, chairman of Kenya's Muslims for Human Rights group. | His body will be flown to Kenya for burial, said Khelef Khalifa, chairman of Kenya's Muslims for Human Rights group. |
"His nephew, Alamin Mazrui, has confirmed that the professor's wish was to be buried in Kenya," he is quoted by the local Daily Nation newspaper as saying. | "His nephew, Alamin Mazrui, has confirmed that the professor's wish was to be buried in Kenya," he is quoted by the local Daily Nation newspaper as saying. |
Mr Mazrui was a leading pan-Africanist whose academic research focused on African politics, north-south relations and political Islam. | |
He had authored numerous books, including The Africans: A Triple Heritage and Christianity and Islam in Africa's Political Experience: Piety, Passion and Power. | |
In 2005, the US journal Foreign Policy and British journal Prospect listed him as among the world's top 100 public intellectuals. | |
Mr Mazrui is survived by his wife and six children. | Mr Mazrui is survived by his wife and six children. |