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==Career and later life==

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Accounts agree on little else other than that Ben-Jochannan was raised in the Caribbean and immigrated to the United States about 1940, where he reportedly worked as a draftsman and continued his studies. He later stated that in 1945, he was appointed chairman of the African Studies Committee at the headquarters of the newly founded [[UNESCO]]. He said he worked for them until 1970. However, UNESCO staff state that they have "no record of Mr. Ben-Jochannan ever having been employed by the United Nations." Ben-Jochannan also stated that he began teaching [[Egyptology]] at Malcolm-King College in [[Harlem]] in 1950, but this volunteer-run effort was not founded until 1968, when it started with 13 students.<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1080/00091383.1973.10568459 | volume=5 | title=Malcolm-King College: Harlem's Higher Education Volunteers | year=1973 | journal=Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning | pages=42–44 | last1 = Egerton | first1 = John}}</ref> He later taught at the [[City College of New York|City College]] in New York City. From 1973 to 1987, he was an [[adjunct (part-time) professor]] at [[Cornell University]].<ref name="race">{{cite web|url=http://www.raceandhistory.com/Historians/ben_jochannan.htm|publisher= raceandhistory.com|title= Dr. Yosef A. A. Ben-Jochannan |access-date= January 5, 2012}}</ref>

In 1977, Ben-Jochannan met Lucille Jones (Kefa Nephthy) and Ben Jones. They formed a study group. After studying with Ben-Jochannan, Kefa and Ben Jones started the community lecture series called the [[First World Alliance]].