Born in 1923 in Diourbel, Senegel Cheikh Anta Diop is known as one of the greatest African historians of all time. While originally studying physics, he is known as a linguist, anthropologist, and politician. Cheikh Anta Diop is most famous for he research and claim that Egypt's beginnings were that of African descent.
As Cheikh Anta Diop continued to study the history of Africa he stated that, "The history of Africa will remain suspended in air and cannot be written correctly until African historians connect it with the history of Egypt." Cheikh Anta Diop has published many books regarding his research. He died in 1986.
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Diop sounds pretty cool, I should pick up a book of his.
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