ALI MAZRUI: Celebrated Scholar Ali Mazrui to Be Laid To Rest Today


                                           
Last week on Saturday, the world bid farewell to renowned scholar Ali Mazrui who died in Binghamton, New York.

His death was a hard on not only to his family that consisted of two wives but to the literary world as well .According to Capital FM who spoke to the family spokesman Hammad Kassim Mazrui ,the arrangements have been made for Mazrui’s body to be flown in and buried in accordance to Islamic tradition. He would be buried in Fort Jesus, Mombasa as per his wishes.

                         



Hammad fondly remembers Mazrui as “A person who was well read in various fields and his death was a big blow not only to Kenyans but to the world as a whole since he was many times required to give speeches in various forums and this will be missed by everyone.

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