Abstract
In 2013, Ali A Mazrui gave a lecture in Muscat (Oman) about Barack Obama, the 44th president of the USA, in which he suggested that Obama was a great man but not yet a great president. Mazrui said we would have to wait and see if Obama would become a great president. I think Mazrui was right. But we would not have to wait any longer to say: ‘Ali A Mazrui: a great man, a great scholar’. On 12 October 2014, Ali Mazrui passed away at the age of 81. He was indeed a great man and an extraordinary scholar. This essay is a special tribute to him.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 792-801 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Third World Quarterly |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 3 Apr 2015 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Africa’s triple heritage
- Ali A Mazrui
- media
- post-colonialism
- power
- scholarship
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Development