A rich legacy: The life and times of Ali Mazrui

>1. He wanted to become a jurist in Islamic law, as his father was the Chief Kadhi of Kenya in the 1940s.

Octoba 14 mwaka jana Uwakilishi wa Kudumu wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania katika Umoja wa Mataifa uliandaa hafla ya kwanza ya aina yake ya kumkumbuka na kumuenzi Baba wa Taifa Mwalimu Julius kambarage Nyerere. Hafla hiyo ilihudhuriwa na Wanadiplomasia wanaoziwakilisha nchi zao hapa Umoja wa Mataifa na wageni mbalimbali. Ni hafla iliyoambatana na uzinduzi wa kitabu kinachomhusu Baba wa Taifa, Kitabu hicho kiliandikwa kwa ufundi mkubwa na Profesa Ali Mazrui kwa kushirikiana...

>It was three weeks ago that the eminent Prof Ali Mazrui, Kenyan international scholar, thinker and writer died. So much has already been written. So much more to come. Many continue to eulogise this rare East African son who died aged 81, in the USA.

What made Kenyan scholar Ali Mazrui great?

Renowned Kenyan academic Ali Mazrui dies in the United States aged 81 after being ill for several months.

Msomi maarufu nchini Kenya na Afrika Mashariki,Prof. Ali Alamin Mazrui (pichani) amefariki dunia leo asubuhi Binghamton Jijini New York nchini Marekani. 
 Prof. Mazrui amefariki dunia akiwa na umri wa miaka 81,taarifa za awali zinaeleza kuwa Prof. Mazrui hakuwa akijisikia vizuri kwa miezi kadhaa kabla ya kifo chake. 
 Mwenyekiti wa Haki za Binadamau za Waislam (MUHURI) Khelef Khalifa amesema mwili wa marehemu Prof. Prof Mazrui utasafirishwa kwa ndege kwenda Kenya kwa mazishi.

 Msomi maarufu wa Kenya Profesa Ali Alamin Mazrui (pichani) amefariki dunia leo asubuhi jijini New York, Marekani akiwa na umri wa miaka 81. 
Profesa Mazrui alikuwa mhadhili  katika chuo kikuu cha Binghamton jijini New York. Ameandika vitabu 30 ambavyo vimezungumzia masuala ya uongozi na siasa za Afrika na Kimataifa pamoja na masomo ya kiislamu. Je, unamkumbuka vipi msomi huyo? (DW - KISWAHILI)