Mahmoud El-Kati

Mahmoud El-Kati is a lecturer, writer, and commentator on the African American experience. He specialized in African American history since World War II and is interested in ethnicity in the U.S. During the 20th century. His articles, essays and reviews deal with a variety of issues including the "myth of race," Ebonics, gang activity, African Americans and sports ans. other issues. They have appeared in several newspapers and publications including the New York Times, St. Paul Pioneer Press, Star Tribune, Insight News, The Spokesman, and The Nigerian Times. El-Kati teaches courses on the history of blacks in the United States, American social movements, sports and the African American community, the social history of jazz and Afro-American folklore. He also teaches a course on sports and African-American at Metro State University as well as an introduction to the African American experience class at North High School in Minneapolis. He is co-founder and director of the annual Pan-African Conference at Mankato State University, which over the last 24 years, has featured discussions on African thought throughout the diaspora. In addition, El-Kati is actively involved in community organizations, such as March, a Twin Cities group that formed following the Million Man March, the Minneapolis-based Stairstep Foundation and KMOJ, a community radio station in Minneapolis. He is the recipient of the National Association of Black Storytellers' Zora Neale Hurston Award, given to people whose scholarly historical writings preserve the culture and tradition of African and African-American people in America. He also recently received a Sankofa Award from the Stairstep Foundation for his long time and unwavering commitment and work with the Twin Cities' African American community. El-Kati is a graduate of Wilberforce University in Wilberforce, Ohio.

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