Malik Sekou

Malik Sekou was born on January 8, 1964, on Saint Thomas, United States Virgin Islands, to Wally and Margaret Whitehead. He has one older brother, Tony Wally Whitehead, and three younger siblings, Sylvia, Kankan and Marvin. Malik and his older brother were raised in foster care in Saint Thomas by Guillermo and Rosita Cyntje. His three younger siblings were raised in Brooklyn, New York. Sekou attended Kirwan Terrace Elementary School and Wayne Aspinall Junior High, which is now called Addelitta Cancryn Junior High School. He graduated from Charlotte Amalie High School in Charlotte Amalie in 1981.

Sekou served in the United States Navy^[2] beginning in September 1981. He was a member of the erations Specialists in the USS Voge FF-1047, before being honorably discharged in 1984. He returned to the United States Virgin Islands after his honorable discharge, where he began pursuing a bachelor's degree at the University of the Virgin Islands. He also joined the Virgin Islands Fire Service.^[2]

Sekou received a bachelor's degree in social science from the University of the Virgin Islands in 1989.^[2] He obtained both his master's degree and doctorate in political science from the University of Delaware.^[2]

Sekou is married to Sheree Bryant. The couple have one daughter, Aisha Sekou.^[3]

Sekou ha trabajado como profesor en la Universidad de las Islas Vírgenes durante doce años, hasta 2010. ^{[ 2 ]} Ha escrito extensamente sobre temas relacionados con las Islas Vírgenes y el Caribe , incluyendo la aplicación de la ley , el costo de vida en las Islas Vírgenes, la inmigración y Cuba . ^{[ 1 ]} Anteriormente trabajó como investigador y analista para la Legislatura de las Islas Vírgenes . ^{[ 1 ]} Además, Sekou es conocido como consultor político .

Sekou ha sido elegido miembro de la Junta de Educación de las Islas Vírgenes. ^{[ 4 ]} Se ha postulado sin éxito a la Legislatura de las Islas Vírgenes en dos ocasiones. ^{[ 1 ]}

En julio de 2010, el Comité de Búsqueda del candidato a gobernador Kenneth Mapp recomendó a Sekou como su compañero de fórmula para vicegobernador en las elecciones a gobernador de 2010. ^{[ 5 ]}