Fertile Ground

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FERTILE GROUND AFRICAN CENTERED TALK RADIO

Fertile Ground is an African centered radio talk show hosted by Maisha
Sullivan Ongoza. It airs on Sundays from 6 to 8 p.m Eastern time on 1340
AM W.H.A.T radio, Philadelphia. The program focuses on African American and African diasporan history, culture, communities, struggles and other topical issues affecting the global African Community. Listeners can call in on 267-285-1340, toll free number 1-866-746-1340. The program can be heard via the internet at www.what1340i.com

To contact the host via e-mail: fertilegroundwhat@yahoo.com postal mailing
address: 1340 WHAT am 10 Shurs Lane Suite 204 Philadelphia 19127

Date: March 5, 2006

Guest: Dr. Maulana Karenga

Topic: The Black World and News

This will be the first of Dr. Karenga's monthly visits to Fertile Ground
to discuss issues effecting the world African community. Dr. Karenga has
committed to the first Sunday of each month. I have been sharing his
weekly commentaries, so you have some sense of how informed and committed he is to struggling for a just and good world. Dr. Karenga's visits will provide and excellent opportunity to not only hear his excellent critiques
and correctives, but to also dialog, share and seek answers to the many
questions and issues we have. Dr. Karenga really welcomes and appreciates
the opportunity to dialog with others. He often shares how much these
opportunities mean to him as a scholar-activist to be in dialog with others.
So please listen, gather your thoughts, and questions regarding current
events and historical events and call in, I repeat CALL IN!!!!!.
Fertile Ground needs more calls!!!

BIOGRAPHY
DR. MAULANA KARENGA

Dr. Maulana Karenga is a Professor in the Department of Black Studies,
California State University, Long Beach

He is also the Chair of the Organization US and the National Association of
Kawaida (Kah-wah-ee-dah) Organizations (NAKO). Moreover, he is the
Executive Director of the Kawaida Institute of Pan-African Studies (KIPAS)
and the African American Cultural Center in Los Angeles. Both are African
centered cultural and social change organizations.

Dr. Karenga served on the Executive Committee and wrote the Mission
Statement for the Million Man March. He also served on the Executive
Committee for the recent Million More March.

Dr. Karenga writes a weekly social and cultural commentary article for the
Los Angeles Sentinel Newspaper, the largest Black owned newspaper in
California.

Dr. Karenga is most widely known as the Creator of the African American and Pan-African Celebration Kwanzaa which is a celebration of Family, Community and Culture.

He is also the author of the definitive book on Kwanzaa: Kwanzaa, a
Celebration of Family, Community and Culture.

Dr. Karenga holds two PH.D's and is the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate
from University of Durban in South Africa.

He is the author of numerous scholarly articles and 12 books including The
Introduction to Black Studies The most widely used college introduction text
and The Husia, Sacred Wisdom of Ancient Egypt. , The Odu Ifa, and Kawaida: A Communitarian African Philosophy. His most recent book is titled Maat: The Moral Ideal in Ancient Egypt.