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"content": "the top 100 intellectuals in a population of the world of 7 billion is no mean achievement. The professor never let anybody down on this. He is the only Kenyan who has been rated as such. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in his illustrious life, Prof. Mazrui won the following prestigious awards: 1. Millennium Tribute for Outstanding Scholarship; House of Lords Parliament Buildings, London. 2. Special Award from the Association of Muslim Social Scientists in the UK honoring Prof. Mazrui for his contribution to the social sciences and Islamic Studies in 2000. 3. Honorary Doctorate of Letters from various universities for fields which include Divinity, Humane Letters, and the Sciences of Development. 4. Icon of the Twentieth Century, elected by Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, 1998. This is no mean achievement. 5. Appointed Walter Rodney Professor, University of Guyana, Georgetown, Guyana 1998 6. Icon of the Twentieth Century Award, Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, 1998 7. DuBois-Garvey Award for Pan-African Unity, Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland, 1998 8. Appointed Ibn-Khaldun Professor-at-Large, School of Islamic and Social Sciences, Leesburg, Virginia, 1997–2001 9. Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1988 10. Appointed Distinguished Andrew D. White Professor-at-Large, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA (1986–1992) He had many other awards. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I believe some of my distinguished colleagues like Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki, Sen. Billow Kerrow and all my brothers across here, including Sen. (Prof.) Lesan, saw one of the landmarks of Prof. Mazrui’s achievements in scholarship. A documentary called Africans: A Triple Heritage, is a must watch for all of us who have not watched it, if you want to know and appreciate the depth of scholarship, the attendance to detail, the knowledge of history, the appreciation of conflict of cultures and the future of the African Continent, which he said was waking up. Prof. Mazrui, at that time, made a prediction that the final chapter of the history of apartheid in South Africa was being written and the pen was dripping with blood. Less than seven years later, South Africa was liberated, not because the whites wanted to leave, but because the pen dripping with blood wrote letters in blood and caused South Africa to be liberated. In that episode, Prof. Mazrui says: “Africa was conquered by what he called “the 3 Gs;” God, gold and glory of the British and the group that sat in Berlin in 1886 to share Africa as if it was a possession. You will remember that in that sharing, King Leopold of Belgium was seating in the room sulking and Bismarck called him and asked him: “Why are you sulking?” He said: “I have come out with nothing.” He was told: “Take the Congo” and with that single statement, Congo became a personal possession of King Leopold. Many other atrocities were committed in the continent. Prof. Mazrui was the living and most vivid, articulate commentator on these The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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