Daily Nation - Monday, October 13, 2014
Renowned Kenyan scholar Ali Alamin Mazrui passed away Monday morning in Binghamton, New York, in the United States.
Prof Mazrui passed away at the age of 81 and family members say he was unwell for several months.
Muslims for Human Rights (Muhuri) chairperson Mr Khelef Khalifa said the body of Prof Mazrui will be flown to Kenya for burial.
“His nephew, Alamin Mazrui, has confirmed that the professor’s wish was to be buried in Kenya,” he said.
Prof Mazrui was born on February 24, 1933, in Mombasa.
At the time of his death, he was a professor at Binghamton University in New York.
President
Uhuru Kenyatta sent his message of condolence to the family of the late
Mazrui, whom he described as a “a towering academician whose
intellectual contributions played a major role in shaping African
scholarship”.
The President said Prof Mazrui was one of the greatest scholars Kenya and the continent have ever produced.
“Am
deeply saddened by the passing on of the professor. Indeed, death has
robbed us of one of Kenya’s greatest scholars,” President Kenyatta said.
President
Kenyatta said Prof. Mazrui’s literary works, debates and relentless
cultivation of a global view of Africa have helped to tell the
continent’s story.
Prof Mazrui is a
renowned scholar worldwide, having lectured in five continents and
written 30 books. He once served as chancellor of Jomo Kenyatta
University of Agriculture and Technology.
He is survived by a wife and six children.
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