Mariame Kaba is an American activist, grassroots organizer, and educator who advocates for the abolition of the prison industrial complex, including all police.
12 Facts About Mariame Kaba
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Mariame Kaba is the author of We Do This 'Til We Free Us.
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The Mariame Kaba Papers are held by the Chicago Public Library Special Collections.
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Mariame Kaba was born in New York City to immigrant parents.
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Mariame Kaba's mother emigrated from the Ivory Coast; her father was involved in the independence struggle in Guinea.
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Mariame Kaba completed her master's degree in Library and Information Science at Pratt Institute.
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In 2009, Mariame Kaba founded the organization Project NIA, which advocates to end youth incarceration.
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Mariame Kaba's work has created the framework for current abolitionist organizations including Black Youth Project 100, Black Lives Matter Chicago, and Assata's Daughters.
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Mariame Kaba helped found the organization Survived and Punished, an abolitionist organization that seeks to end sentencing for victims of intimate partner violence who defend themselves.
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Mariame Kaba maintained a blog, "US Prison Culture," beginning in 2010.
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Mariame Kaba has been active on Twitter under the account @prisonculture.
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In 2023, Mariame Kaba published Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care, co-written with fellow organizer Kelly Hayes.