Runoko rashidi biography of albert king

The name Runoko Rashidi was given to him when he was 18 or 19 years old.

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The name Runoko comes from the Shona community in Zimbabwe and means handsome and Rashidi is Kiswahili, from Tanzania meaning counselor or teacher. That book, he says put him on his path as a historian. Rashidi went to public school in Los Angeles, but joined a study group and then went to California State University at Northridge. He briefly studied anthropology and archeology at U.

In , Rashidi met his major scholarly influence: Dr. Under Dr. His historical essays have been prominently featured in virtually all of the critically acclaimed Journal of Civilizations anthologies, and cover the broad spectrum of the African presence globally. He edited, along with Dr. Rashidi also worked and was influenced by such notable scholars as Dr.

John Henrik Clarke, John G. Jackson, Yosef ben-Jochannan, Dr.