Maulana Karenga

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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.

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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	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 →
notableWork	Introduction to Black Studies → Kawaida Theory: An Introductory Outline → 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, California, United States →

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Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
US Organization →	foundedBy
US Organization →	leader
Maulana Karenga →	name
Black Arts Movement →	notableFigure