Pan Africanist: Dr. Ali Mazrui

RantWoman posts the following reflections as humble expressions of condolences for Dr. Mazrui's family. It might never have occurred to RantWoman to have any idea who Dr. Mazrui is except for the accident of attending university and reading for one of Dr. Mazrui's sons Jamal. RantWoman humbly notes that her shortcomings as a reader did not impede the younger Mr. Mazrui who now a leading advocate about accessibility issues.

Here is the death notice from Democracy Now with a long list of book RantWoman will put on her Mean to Read list.
http://www.democracynow.org/blog/2014/10/16/pan_africanist_scholar_ali_mazrui_dies

The above link includes a link to a 2009 Democracy Now episode including an interview with Dr. Mazrui.

RantWoman took particular note of:

--Dr. Mazrui's comments about the significance of President Obama's election

--Dr. Mazrui's comments about passing up an opportunity to dine with  Prince Charles because they are both on the board of some British educational institution: "it's a long way to go for a banquet." Dr. Mazrui does take note that Prince Charles has tried to change the language under which British kings are crowned from "Defender of The Faith(presumably the church of England" to "defender of Faith."

--Dr Mazrui's comments about former Libyan leader Moamar Qaddafi's proposal for an all-African confederation. Dr. Mazrui admits the idea intrigues him but says Qaddafi's time line is too short.

RantWoman notes that the post starts the video with the segment from 2009 about Dr. mazrui but RantWoman encourages readers to watch the whole segment. The rest of the video includes remembrances of Rwanda specialist Anita DaForge who died in a plane crash shortly before the 2009 segment. There is also an interview with a representative of HumanRights Watch. In short, a very rich episode and a more than worthy way to remember Dr. Mazrui.