Balozi Harvey

Biography

Robert Zayd Muhammad "Balozi" Harvey (January 26, 1940 – December 28, 2016) was an American activist, community organizer, diplomat, and public official based in New Jersey and New York. He played a prominent role in Black political organizing, Pan-African diplomacy, and cultural exchange between African nations and African-American communities from the 1960s onward. Harvey was given the title "Balozi", Swahili for ambassador or statesman, by Julius K. Nyerere, the first president of Tanzania in 1964.

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