Maulana Karenga

E68868
African-American Black cultural nationalist activist human political scientist professor scholar

Maulana Karenga is an African-American scholar and activist best known as the creator of the Pan-African holiday Kwanzaa and a leading figure in Black cultural nationalism.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Maulana Karenga canonical 11

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf African-American ⓘ
Black cultural nationalist ⓘ
activist ⓘ
human ⓘ
political scientist ⓘ
professor ⓘ
scholar ⓘ
associatedWith Pan-Africanism ⓘ
US Organization ⓘ
birthName Ronald McKinley Everett ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
creatorOf Kwanzaa ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1941-07-14 ⓘ
degree B.A. in political science ⓘ
M.A. in political science ⓘ
Ph.D. in political science ⓘ
developedConcept Nguzo Saba ⓘ
educatedAt Los Angeles City College ⓘ
University of California, Los Angeles ⓘ
employer California State University, Long Beach ⓘ
ethnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African Americans
fieldOfWork Africana studies ⓘ
Black studies ⓘ
cultural nationalism ⓘ
ethnic studies ⓘ
founded US Organization ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
influencedBy African traditional cultures ⓘ
Black nationalism ⓘ
Pan-Africanism ⓘ
knownFor Black cultural nationalism ⓘ
creating Kwanzaa ⓘ
developing Kawaida philosophy ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement Black Power movement ⓘ
Black cultural nationalism ⓘ
name Maulana Karenga self-link ⓘ
notableWork Introduction to Black Studies ⓘ
Kawaida Theory: An Introductory Outline ⓘ
Kwanzaa ⓘ
surface form: Kwanzaa: A Celebration of Family, Community and Culture

Maat, The Moral Ideal in Ancient Egypt: A Study in Classical African Ethics ⓘ
occupation activist ⓘ
author ⓘ
lecturer ⓘ
professor ⓘ
placeOfBirth Parsonsburg, Maryland, United States ⓘ
positionHeld Professor and Chair of Africana Studies at California State University, Long Beach ⓘ
religion African-American cultural nationalism ⓘ
residence Los Angeles ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Black Arts Movement → notableFigure → Maulana Karenga ⓘ
US Organization → foundedBy → Maulana Karenga ⓘ
US Organization → leader → Maulana Karenga ⓘ
Maulana Karenga → name → Maulana Karenga self-link ⓘ
Kwanzaa → creator → Maulana Karenga ⓘ
Afrocentrism → hasProponent → Maulana Karenga ⓘ
Nguzo Saba → developedBy → Maulana Karenga ⓘ
Ronald McKinley Everett → alsoKnownAs → Maulana Karenga ⓘ
Parsonsburg, Maryland, United States → hasNotablePerson → Maulana Karenga ⓘ
Kawaida Theory: An Introductory Outline → author → Maulana Karenga ⓘ
Maat, The Moral Ideal in Ancient Egypt: A Study in Classical African Ethics → author → Maulana Karenga ⓘ