Ali Mazrui

Ali Mazrui
Born	(1933-02-24)24 February 1933 Mombasa, Kenya Colony
Died	12 October 2014(2014-10-12) (aged 81) Vestal, New York, United States
Resting place	Mazrui Graveyard, Mombasa 4°03′43″S 39°40′44″E / 4.061843°S 39.678912°E / -4.061843; 39.678912
Nationality	Kenyan
Alma mater	Manchester University (BA) Columbia University (MA) Nuffield College, Oxford (PhD)
Occupation(s)	Academic and political author
Years active	1966–2014
Known for	Coining the term "black orientalism"
Television	The Africans: A Triple Heritage
Spouses	Molly Vickerman Pauline Uti
Children	5
Awards	Order of the Burning Spear Top 100 Public Intellectuals (2005)
Website	www.alimazrui.com

Ali Al'amin Mazrui (24 February 1933 – 12 October 2014), was a Kenyan-born American academic, professor, and political writer on African and Islamic studies, and North-South relations. He was born in Mombasa, Kenya. His positions included Director of the Institute of Global Cultural Studies at Binghamton University in Binghamton, New York, and Director of the Center for Afro-American and African Studies at the University of Michigan.^[1][2] He produced the 1980s television documentary series The Africans: A Triple Heritage.