Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Very Sad Brealking News --- Mwalimu Dani Nabudere Joins The Ancestors

Thanks Mwalimu Bangura for sharing this  very sad news about a pioneer Pan African scholar and intellectual.

His work and engagements in the Dar Debates inspired many of us as younger scholars. Along with Issa Shivji, Akilagpa Sawyerr, Wamba Dia Wamba, Okwudiba Nnoli, Samir Amin, Mamdani, Archie Mafeje,Magubane, Adele Jinadu, Bala Usman, and of course the indomitable Claude Ake, and many more others; Dani Nabudere was part of that generation of African and Pan Aficanist scholars(mostly exiles) who held on to the greater Pan African vision and engaged it with discipline and rigorous scholarship and action. Many of them paid the price for their commitment and belief. May his soul rest in piece. 

The challenge for the rest of us is reclaiming the paths of producing a rigorous   and engaged African intellectual history and Sociology of ideas projects and I am glad to say this work is starting at a few sites on the continent. So,  Mwalimu Nabudere and the forerunners and pioneers have not worked and died in vain. Their thoughts and works and those of others like them will be studied and analyzed by our students and heirs.

Tade.

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On Nov 10, 2011, at 9:38 AM, "Abdul Bangura" <theai@earthlink.net> wrote:

I am in shock right now in reading this morning that our great Mwalimu Dani Nabudere, Pan-Afrikanist, great mind, prolific author and public speaker, has just joined the ancestors. The following are a few of the many E-mail I received from South Afrika/Azaniaanks M this morning.

 

May Allah/God (SWT) grant him a good road, and may our ancestorswalimu Bang accept him in peace. I will forever remain grateful to him for helping me baptizeth my Afrikan education Ubuntugogy Theory.

 

Jazakumu Allahu Khayrain.

 Limu 

Salaams Seifudein,

Sad news passing away of Dani Nabudere, November 9, 2011.

He wrote a book on Archie Mafeje which cites the Mazrui-Mafeje debate.Published by Africa Institute of South Africa

Regards

Abdul

----- Original Message -----

From: Rashid Ahmed

To: Abdul Bemath

Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 3:41 PM

Subject: Nabudere passes on....

Aslmwkm

 

The chap passed on yesterday.

 

BTW - inshalah will be in Uganda from 21-28 Nov. I think you sent me Prof Mamdani's e-mail adress. Can you please re-send

 

Jzklh

Rashid Ahmed

Cell: +2784 517 5745

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