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Dr. Cheikh Anta Diop

Born in Thieytou, Center Senegal, Dr. Cheikh Anta Diop (1923—1986) was born to an aristocratic Muslim Wolof family in Senegal where he was educated in a traditional Islamic school. Diop's family was part of the Mouride brotherhood, the only independent Muslim group in Africa according to Diop. He obtained a bachelor's degree in Senegal before moving to Paris for graduate studies, where he ended his scholastic education. —S. Ademola Ajayi, "Cheikh Anta Diop" in Kevin Shillington (ed.), Encyclopedia of African History.

 

The African Origin of Civilization: Myth or RealityThe African Origin of Civilization: Myth or Reality
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Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: Chicago Review Press; First Edition edition (July 1, 1989)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1556520727
ISBN-13: 978-1556520723
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.9 x 8.1 inches

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The Black Egyptians are the original settlers of KMT. "The native Sudanese are one of the original pigmented Arabs in that region. They are members of the same ethnic family with the ancient Egyptians, the Ethiopians, the Southern Arabians, and the primitive inhabitants of Babylon. All founders and sustainers of the mighty Nilotic civilization we still admire today.  They are very great nation of Blacks, who did rule almost over all Africa and Asia in a very remote era, in fact beyond the reach of history of any of our records

 

Black Africa: The Economic & Cultural Basis for a Federated State Black Africa: The Economic & Cultural Basis for a Federated State
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Paperback: 146 pages
Publisher: Chicago Review Press; Rev Exp Su edition (June 1, 1987)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1556520611
ISBN-13: 978-1556520617
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.5 x 8.5 inches

This expanded edition continues Diop's campaign for the political and economic unification of the nations of black Africa. It concludes with a lengthy interview with Diop.

 

Civilization or Barbarism: An Authentic Anthropology Civilization or Barbarism: An Authentic Anthropology
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Paperback: 464 pages
Publisher: Chicago Review Press (April 1, 1991)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1556520484
ISBN-13: 978-1556520488
Product Dimensions: 6 x 1.1 x 0.8 inches

This last work of the well-known Senegalese scholar (1923-86) is a summation and expansion of his two previous volumes-- Precolonial Black Africa (1987) and The African Origin of Civilization (1974)--and offers a refined statement of his life's work, to prove the primacy of African culture by proving that ancient Egypt was a black society, first in many cultural achievements later claimed by the following Indo-Aryan cultures. To this end, Diop discusses the paleontology, sociology, anthropology, and intellectual history of the ancient Egyptians set against contemporaneous cultures and also the modern Wolofs. This is a fascinating and frustrating volume. The organization is patchy; one central section seems to have gone off-course into an apology for Marxist political theory; the translation stumbles badly, especially in the early chapters; and one feels that history is being stretched (a la Velikovsky) on the author's Procrustean bed of African genesis. But Diop's erudition is patent, his place in African letters is secure, and his major works should certainly be available. For academic and large public collections. --Jo-Ann D. Suleiman, SANAD Support Technologies, Rockville, Md.

 

Precolonial Black Africa Precolonial Black Africa
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Paperback: 240 pages
Publisher: Chicago Review Press (August 1, 1988)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1556520883
ISBN-13: 978-1556520884
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.5 x 8.5 inches