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The Cultural Unity of Black Africa

By Cheikh Anta Diop

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 The Cultural Unity of Black Africa and explore its sources.

First published1959
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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 The Cultural Unity of Black Africa and explore its sources.

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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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Antériorité des civilisations nègres : mythe ou vérité historique ?Antériorité des civilisations nègres : mythe ou vérité historique ?Cheikh Anta Diop1967Black Africa: The Economic and Cultural Basis for a Federated StateBlack Africa: The Economic and Cultural Basis for a Federated StateCheikh Anta Diop1974Civilisation ou barbarie : anthropologie sans complaisanceCivilisation ou barbarie : anthropologie sans complaisanceCheikh Anta Diop1981Le Laboratoire de radiocarbone de l’IFANLe Laboratoire de radiocarbone de l’IFANCheikh Anta Diop1968Les fondements économiques et culturels d’un État fédéral d’Afrique noireLes fondements économiques et culturels d’un État fédéral d’Afrique noireCheikh Anta Diop1960

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