took on the title “maulana”, Swahili for “master teacher” and “lord”; “Karenga” meant “nationalist.” [3] Earlier, he had called himself Ron Ndabezitha Everett-Karenga; Ndabezitha being Zulu for “your majesty.” He formed the US Organization , an outspoken Black nationalist group. In 1969, the Black Panthers and the United Slaves Organization (Organization