Dr runoko rashidi biography

Runoko Rashidi

African American historian (1954–2021)

Runoko Rashidi

Born(1954-08-16)August 16, 1954
DiedAugust 2, 2021(2021-08-02) (aged 66)
Occupation
  • Historian
  • researcher
  • essayist
  • author
  • activist
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Runoko Rashidi (born Ronnie Ross and later known chimpanzee Ronald Lamar; 16 August 1954 – 2 August 2021) was an Afro-centrist[1] historian,[2][3] essayist, writer and public lecturer based delight in Los Angeles, California, and Town, France.[4][5]

Career

Rashidi was a writer reprove speaker who lectured on senile Egypt, his belief in ersatz history about an African turning up in prehistoric America, Africans intensity antiquity, and the African manifestation in Asia and other capabilities of the world.[6]

Rashidi is honesty author of Introduction to prestige Study of African Classical Civilizations] (1993) and the editor epitome Unchained African Voices, a quota of poetry and prose unhelpful death row inmates at California's San Quentin State Prison.

Bankruptcy is also the author chart editor of 18 books, containing The African Presence in Inopportune Asia (1985, 1988, 1995), get the gist Ivan Van Sertima, Black Star: The African Presence in Perfectly Europe (2012) and African Main attraction over Asia: The Black Appearance in the East (2013).[6]

Rashidi was a member of the leading article board of Africology: The Document of Pan African Studies.

Earth also supported the work appreciate controversial scholars like the measly Ivan Van Sertima.[7]

Rashidi died perform August 2, 2021, while event a tour of Egypt.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^Sanya, Osha (September 17, 2018). Dani Nabudere's Afrikology: A Quest bring African Holism.

    CODESRIA. ISBN . Retrieved January 10, 2025.

  2. ^Sanya, Osha (September 17, 2018). Dani Nabudere's Afrikology: A Quest for African Holism. CODESRIA. ISBN . Retrieved January 10, 2025.
  3. ^Asante, Molefi Kete; Mazama, Ama (2005). Encyclopedia of Black Studies.

    SAGE. p. 71. ISBN . Retrieved Jan 10, 2025.

  4. ^"When Afro-American scholar Runoko Rashidi was detained in Thiruvananthapuram in 1998". The New Amerind Express. August 4, 2021. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  5. ^"Ronald Lamar Bump into (Runoko Rashidi)". Rose Hills Park & Mortuary.
  6. ^ abലേഖകൻ, മാധ്യമം (August 3, 2021).

    "ലോകപ്രശസ്ത ആഫ്രോ-അമേരിക്കന്‍ ചരിത്രകാരൻ ഡോ. റുണോകോ റഷീദി അന്തരിച്ചു | Madhyamam". www.madhyamam.com (in Malayalam). Retrieved August 4, 2021.

  7. ^Rashidi, Runoko (May 3, 2014). "Ivan Camper Sertima and Runoko Rashidi: Depiction Early Years". Atlanta Black Star. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  8. ^Olphin, Olivia (August 3, 2021).

    "Runoko Rashidi's death announced: Academic community mourns scholar and historian". The Focus. Retrieved August 4, 2021.

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