Runoko Rashidi
Runoko Rashidi | |
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| Born | Ronnie Ross August 16, 1954 |
| Died | August 2, 2021 (aged 66) |
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Runoko Rashidi (born Ronnie Ross and later known as Ronald Lamar; 16 August 1954 – 2 August 2021) was an Afro-centrist,[1] essayist, author and public lecturer based in Los Angeles, California, and Paris, France.[2][3]
Career
[edit | edit source]Rashidi was a writer and speaker who researched and lectured on Ancient Africa, the alleged African presence in prehistoric America, and the African presence in Asia and other parts of the world.[4]
Rashidi is the author of Introduction to the Study of African Classical Civilizations] (1993) and the editor of Unchained African Voices, a collection of poetry and prose by death row inmates at California's San Quentin State Prison. He is also the author or editor of 18 books, including The African Presence in Early Asia (1985, 1988, 1995), with Ivan Van Sertima, Black Star: The African Presence in Early Europe (2012) and African Star over Asia: The Black Presence in the East (2013).[4]
Over the course of his career, Rashidi was involved in drawing Black American attention to the history and plight of India's Dalit population.[5] He worked with activist V.T. Rajshekar, contributing to the book Dalit: The Black Untouchables of India (1987).
Rashidi was a member of the editorial board of Africology: The Journal of Pan African Studies. He also supported the work of controversial scholars like the late Ivan Van Sertima.[6]
Rashidi died on August 2, 2021, while on a tour of Egypt.[7]
See also
[edit | edit source]- Afrocentricity/Afrocentrism
- Pan Africanism
- Martin Bernal
- John Henrik Clarke
- John G. Jackson (writer)
References
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Further reading
[edit | edit source]- Van Sertima, Ivan (1989). Egypt Revisited. Transaction Publishers. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
External links
[edit | edit source]- Official website
- Articles by Rashidi, The Global African Presence Website (personal website)
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- 1954 births
- 2021 deaths
- People from Los Angeles
- African-American non-fiction writers
- 20th-century American historians
- 21st-century American historians
- Historians of Africa
- Afrocentrists
- American Africanists
- American pan-Africanists
- 20th-century American male writers
- 21st-century American male writers
- 20th-century African-American writers
- 21st-century African-American writers
- African-American male writers