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Writer, researcher, and social scientist dedicated to African and Afroamerican history and culture
Carlos Moore (writer)
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Writer, researcher, and social scientist dedicated to African and Afroamerican history and culture
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4 November 1942(Camagüey)
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Carlos Moore (born Charles Moore Wedderburn in Cuba, November 4, 1942) is a writer, and social scientist dedicated to African and Afroamerican history and culture.
Moore is widely recognized for his outspoken rhetoric against racism and defending pan-Africanism and for writing the authorized biography of the Nigerian singer, saxophonist and activist Fela Kuti, Fela, Fela: This Bitch of a Life, which inspired the stage musical Fela!
Biography
He was born Charles Moore Wedderburn in Camaguey, Cuba, of Jamaican parents. In recent years he has been living in Brazil with his family, taking the opportunity to write and learn more about Latin American and Brazilian culture.