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L’unité culturelle de l’Afrique noire

A defining contribution to African historiography and the debate on how language, history and evidence shape our understanding of Africa. Read the edition record for L’unité culturelle de l’Afrique noire and explore its sources.

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A defining contribution to African historiography and the debate on how language, history and evidence shape our understanding of Africa. Read the edition record for L’unité culturelle de l’Afrique noire and explore its sources.

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Cheikh Anta Diop

Cheikh Anta Diop (1923–1986) crossed disciplinary boundaries that others treated as fixed. He joined historical inquiry to linguistics, Egyptology and the physical sciences, and helped establish radiocarbon research at IFAN in Dakar. In Nations nègres et culture, L’Afrique noire précoloniale and Civilisation ou barbarie, he challenged inherited accounts of Africa’s historical place and argued for a rigorous African contribution to writing world history. His research, debated

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