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Current Feed ContentCheikh Anta Diop and the new light on African HistoryCheikh Anta Diop was born in Diourbel, Senegal. His early education was in a traditional Islamic School. At the age of 23, he went to Paris in 1946 to become a physicist. He remained there for 15 years, studying physics under FrÈdÈric Joliot-Curie, Marie Curie’s son-in-law, and ultimately translating parts of Einstein’s Theory of Relativity into his native Wolof.Diop's education included African history, Egyptology, linguistics, anthropology, economics, and sociology. In 1951, Diop submitted... |
