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Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegalese historian, anthropologist, and physicist (died 1986)

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Cheikh Anta Diop

Senegalese politician, historian and scientist (1923–1986)

Cheikh Anta Diop was a Senegalese historian, anthropologist, physicist, and politician who studied the human race's origins and pre-colonial African culture. Diop's work is considered foundational to the theory of Afrocentricity, though he himself never described himself as an…
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December 29

Day of the year

December 29 is the 363rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; two days remain until the end of the year.
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