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Maulana Karenga
11 quotes
“The white university is not primarily an educational institution but a political one, and it seeks to maintain the power base of American society.”
Maulana Karenga (born 1941) first seen 1969 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Black Community and the University" in Black Studies in the University:A Symposium (1969), p. 38
“We have to distinguish between riots and revolts.… Riots are illegal. A revolt is legitimate because it is what people must do to express self-defense, self-determination, and self-direction.”
Maulana Karenga (born 1941) first seen 1967 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Black Power Conference (July 1967), quoted in How Newark Became Newark (2009) by Brad Tuttle
“So what, then, is the use of art — our art, Black art? Black art must expose the enemy, praise the people and support the revolution.… We do not need pictures of oranges in a bowl or trees standing innocently in the midst of a wasteland. If we must paint oranges and trees, let our guerrillas be eating those oranges for strength and using those trees for cover.”
Maulana Karenga (born 1941) first seen 1971 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Black Cultural Nationalism" in The Black Aesthetic (1971)
“We are not interested in spookism which is what our spiritualism in Africa degenerated into. That is, invested in a spook estate up in the sky and paying little attention to real estate on this earth.”
Maulana Karenga (born 1941) first seen 1977 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Kwanzaa: Origin, Concepts, Practice (1977)
“Belief in spooks who threaten us if we don't worship them and demand we turn over our destiny and daily lives must be categorized as spookism and condemned.”
Maulana Karenga (born 1941) first seen 1980 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Kawaida Theory: An Introductory Outline (1980)
“I have been blessed to see my work flourish. Many people in history — Marcus Garvey, Ida B. Wells, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X — never lived to see their work flourish. I have seen people around the world embrace my philosophy and principles, involving themselves in a cultural institution that my organization and I created. That's something.”
Maulana Karenga (born 1941) first seen 1998 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Man Who Invented Kwanzaa" in Ebony (January 1998)
“One of the greatest powers in the world is the ability to define reality and cause others to accept it. This power is even increased although negatively when one can define reality and make others accept it even when it is to their disadvantage.”
Maulana Karenga (born 1941) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Kawaida and Questions of Life and Struggle (2008)
“Kwanzaa was conceived, created and introduced to the African community as an audacious act of self-determination.”
Maulana Karenga (born 1941) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Annual Kwanzaa Message (2009) "Principles and Practices of Kwanzaa: Repairing and Renewing the World.
“Jesus was psychotic. He said if you didn't believe what he did you would burn forever.”
Maulana Karenga (born 1941) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Sometimes brothers get so hung up on the myth of revolution that they talk about bringing America to her knees and they can't even wipe out one police station. A lot of brothers play revolutionary; they read a little Fanon, a little Mao and some Marx. Although this information is necessary, it is not sufficient, for we must develop a new plan of revolution for black people here in America.”
Maulana Karenga (born 1941) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We stress culture because it gives identity, purpose and direction. It tells us who we are, what we must do, and how we can do it.”
Maulana Karenga (born 1941) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source