R.A. PTAHSEN-SHABAZZ, PH.D.

DR. ROD PTAHSEN-SHABAZZ IS A BLACK STUDIES EDUCATOR CURRENTLY TEACHING AT THE LEARNING TREE CULTURAL PREPARATORY SCHOOL IN THE BRONX AND AS AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AT NASSAU COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN LONG ISLAND, NY. BORN AND RAISED BETWEEN THE BRONX AND WESTCHESTER, BRO. PTAH-SHABAZZ IS OF JAMAICAN MATERNAL AND AFRICAN-“AMERICAN” PATERNAL HERITAGE. HE ATTENDED COLLEGE ON TRACK SCHOLARSHIPS RECEIVED FROM HOWARD UNIVERSITY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA WHERE HE GRADUATED WITH A BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE IN BROADCAST JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATIONS. HE THEN ATTENDED GRADUATE SCHOOL AT TEMPLE UNIVERSITY WHERE HE RECEIVED THE MASTER OF ARTS AND PH.D. DEGREES IN AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES. DR. PTAHSEN-SHABAZZ HAS COMMITTED HIS LIFE TO RESEARCHING AND TEACHING ON THE OFTEN FORGOTTEN CONTRIBUTIONS THAT BLACK/AFRICAN PEOPLE HAVE MADE TO HUMAN PROGRESS; ON SUCH TOPICS HE HAS LECTURED INTERNATIONALLY.

BLACK TO THE ROOTS: REGGAE’S RISE, DOWNPRESSION AND REASCENSION IS HIS FIRST BOOK.

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