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Dr. Maulana Karenga (born July 14, 1941), also known as Ron Everett, is an African American author and political activist. He is best known as the founder of Kwanzaa, a week-long Pan-African celebration observed each year from December 26 to January 1, initiated in California in 1967. Dr. Karenga is professor of Black Studies at California State University, Long Beach. He received his B.A. and M.A. in political science from UCLA, a Ph.D. in political science from United States International University and a second Ph.D. in social ethics from the University of Southern California. An activist-scholar, he is chair of The Organization Us, National Association of Kawaida Organizations and executive director of the Kawaida Institute of Pan-African Studies. He is also creator of the pan-African holiday Kwanzaa and author of numerous scholarly articles and books, including Introduction to Black Studies, Kwanzaa: A Celebration of Family, Community and Culture; Kawaida: A Communitarian African Philosophy; Odu Ifa: The Ethical Teachings; Selections From The Husia: Sacred Wisdom of Ancient Egypt; and Maat, The Moral Ideal in Ancient Egypt: A Study in Classical African Ethics. A leading scholar in the development of the discipline of Black Studies, his fields of teaching and research are: Black Studies theory and history, Africana (continental and diasporan) philosophy; ancient Egyptian (Maatian) ethics; ancient Yoruba (Ifa) ethics; African American intellectual history; ethnic relations and the socio-ethical thought of Malcolm X. He is currently writing a book on Malcolm X and the Critique of Domination: An Ethics of Liberation.
by Dr. Molefi Kete Asante and Dr. Maulana Karenga Hardcover: 472 pages The Handbook of Black Studies is the first resource to bring together research and scholarship in the field of African-American studies in one volume. Editors Molefi Kete Asante and Maulana Karenga, along with a pre-eminent group of contributors, examine various aspects of the field of Black Studies. Organized into three parts, this Handbook explores historical and cultural foundations, philosophical and conceptual bases, and critical and analytical concepts.
Intended Audience: Perfect resource for any academic library; as well as graduate students and researchers seeking to ascertain the current state of the research in African American Studies
Hardcover: 480 pages This work is a critical examination of Maat, the moral ideal in ancient Egypt. It seeks to present Maat in the language of modern moral discourse while at the same time preserving and building on its distinctiveness as a moral ideal capable of inspiring and maintaining ethical philosophic reflection. The effort here is one of both interpretation and transmission of an ethical tradition, a project in which tradition is seen not simply as a precondition and process in which one comes, but also as an ongoing product of one's efforts to understand it. Locating himself within the tradition, the author seeks to test the conceptual elasticity of its major categories and contentions and to establish its capacity for critical moral discourse.
Hardcover: 143 pages The complete Kwanzaa book that educators and parents have been
waiting for has arrived. Written by the creator of the holiday, this
book presents the continental African and African-American origins of
the celebration, a chapter on each of the Seven Principles, explanations
of the meaning of related symbols, suggested activities, and a wrap-up
section in which Karenga answers frequently asked questions. The
beginning chapter provides a concise overview of the holiday, with
subsequent chapters providing in-depth information on the "first-fruits"
or harvest festivals that provided the basis for Kwanzaa. The attractive
layout features plenty of white space with text blocks broken up by both
full-color and black-and-white photographs (from the author's very first
Kwanzaa celebration) and illustrations. This book belongs in every
library, both as a reference book and for general circulation. A chapter
on Swahili terminology and Kwanzaa greetings is included and a
bibliography provides extensive references for those interested in
further research.
by Haki R. Madhubuti (Editor), Maulana Karenga (Editor) Paperback: 172 pages Gathers speeches, photographs, and poetry commemorating the historic Million Man March.
Unrated The Black Candle is a landmark, vibrant documentary that uses Kwanzaa as a vehicle to celebrate the African-American experience. Narrated by renowned poet Maya Angelou and directed by award-winning author and filmmaker M.K. Asante, Jr., The Black Candle is an extraordinary, inspirational story about the struggle and triumph of African-American family, community, and culture. Filmed across the United States, Africa, Europe and the Caribbean, The Black Candle is a timely illumination on why the seven principles of Kwanzaa are so important to African-Americans today. The first feature film on Kwanzaa, The Black Candle traces the holiday's growth out of the Black Power Movement in the 1960s to its present-day reality as a global, pan-African holiday embraced by over 40 million celebrants. With vivid cinematography and an all star cast that features the best and brightest from the hip-hop and the civil rights generations, The Black Candle is more than a film about a holiday: it's a celebration of a people!
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Handbook of Black Studies
Maat, The Moral Ideal in Ancient Egypt (African
Studies: History, Politics, Economics and Culture)
Kwanzaa:
A Celebration of Family, Community and Culture 
Million Man March/Day of Absence: A Commemorative Anthology :
Speeches, Commentary, Photography, Poetry, Illustrations, Documents
The Black Candle: A
Kwanzaa Celebration