Cheikh anta diop, who was born in diourbel, senegal on december 29, 1923, and died in dakar on february 7, 1986. Pdf on jan 1, 1996, alain froment and others published science et conscience. Conceptions of history in the works of cheikh anta diop and theophile obenga karnak history s. Cheikh anta diop et lafrique dans lhistoire du monde. Ebook cheikh anta diop as pdf download portable document. The african origin of civilization myth or reality epub. Nations negres et culture cheikh anta diop pdf par afrikhepri fondation.
He is considered to be one of the greatest african historians in the 20th century. This comparison of the political and social systems of europe and black africa from antiquity to the formation of modern states demonstrates the black contribution to the development of western civilization. Cheikh anta diop 29 december 1923 7 february 1986 was a senegalese historian, anthropologist, physicist, and politician who studied the human races. Diops first work translated into english, the african origin of civilization. Though diop is sometimes referred to as an afrocentrist, he predates the concept and thus was not himself an afrocentric scholar. Cheikh anta diops most popular book is the african origin of civilization. Suivez cheikhanta diop et explorez sa bibliographie sur sa page dauteur cheikhanta diop sur. The peopling of ancient egypt and the deciphering of the meroitic script 01dec1999. Cheikh anta diop, anteriorite des civilisations negres. Suivez cheikh anta diop et explorez sa bibliographie sur sa page dauteur cheikh anta diop sur.
No figure in the field of african civilization studies has been more highly regarded in the french. Cheikh anta diop has 16 books on goodreads with 10947 ratings. Cheikh anta diop was an afrocentric historian, anthropologist, physicist and politician who studied the human races origins and precolonial african culture. Cheikh anta diop epousera en 1953, a paris, une francaise, louise marie. Cheikh anta diop biography cheikh anta diop was born in diourbel, senegal on december 29, 1923 to an aristocratic muslim wolof family where he was educated in a traditional islamic school. Nations negres et culture livre le plus audacieux quun negre ait jusquici ecrit.