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          5. Maulana Karenga

          American professor and founder of Kwanzaa (born 1941)

          Maulana Karenga

          Karenga in 2011

          Born

          Ronald McKinley Everett


          (1941-07-14) July 14, 1941 (age 83)

          Parsonsburg, Maryland, U.S.

          Occupations
          Spouse(s)Brenda Lorraine "Haiba" Karenga (divorced)
          Tiamoyo Karenga (1971–)
          Websitewww.maulanakarenga.org

          Maulana Ndabezitha Karenga (born Ronald McKinley Everett, July 14, 1941),[1][2][3] previously known as Ron Karenga, is an American activist, author and professor of Africana studies, best known as the creator of the pan-African and African-American holiday of Kwanzaa.

          Born in Parsonsburg, Maryland, to an African-American family, Karenga studied at Los Angeles City College and the University of California, Los Angeles. He was active in the Black Power movement of the 1960s, joining the Congress of Racial Equality and Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.

          In 1965, Karenga and Hakim Jamal co-