Facts: - caption: tukufu zuberi -lrb- 2010 -rrb- - birth name: antonio mcdaniel - subject: sociology , filmmaking - genre: sociology , filmmaking , history , literature , africa - birth date: 26 april 1959 - name: tukufu zuberi - nationality: united states - image: scholarship.jpg - birth place: oakland , california , united states - alma mater: san m.a. -rrb- university of chicago -lrb- ph.d. -rrb- jose state -lrb- b.a. -rrb- sacramento state -lrb- - occupation: sociologist , documentary filmmaker , writer , , professor , tv personality , social critic Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of tukufu zuberi .
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tukufu zuberi -lrb- born april 26 , 1959 -rrb- is an american sociologist , filmmaker , social critic , educator , and writer .zuberi has appeared in several documentaries on africa and the african diaspora , including '' '' -lrb- 2002 -rrb- , and '' 500 years later '' -lrb- 2005 -rrb- .he is one of the hosts of the long-running pbs program '' history detectives '' .as founder of his own production company , he produced the film '' african independence '' , which premiered at the san diego black film festival in january 2013 .he is the lasry family professor of race relations , professor and chair of the sociology department , and professor of africana studies at the university of pennsylvania .