| LC control no. | n 50025544 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Diop, Cheikh Anta |
| Variant(s) | Anta Diop, Cheikh Jóob, Séex Anta Jūb, al-Shaykh Anta |
| Associated country | Senegal France |
| Birth date | 1923-12-29 |
| Death date | 1986-02-07 |
| Place of birth | Diourbel (Senegal : Region) |
| Place of death | Dakar (Senegal) |
| Field of activity | Africa--Antiquities Egypt --Civilization--African influences Africa, Sub-Saharan--Civilization--Egyptian influences Physical anthropology |
| Profession or occupation | Historians Physical anthropologists Linguists Physicists |
| Found in | Author's Nations nègres et culture, 1954. Author's Civilization or barbarism, c1990: CIP t.p. (Cheikh Anta Diop) data sheet (b. 1923; d. 1986) Séex Anta Jóob wax nga dëgg, 1999 Cheikh Anta Diop website, viewed June 20, 2013: biographie (b. Dec. 29, 1923 in village of Caytou, region of Diourbel (Baol-Cayor area), Senegal; studied philosophy at Faculté des Lettres de la Sorbonne, 1946-1948; also researched Wolof and Serer languages, and chemistry; thesis on black Egyptian antiquity; doctorate 1960, Sorbonne, returned to Senegal; did archaeological survey of Mali; estab. carbon-14 dating laboratory at IFAN, Dakar; d. Feb. 7, 1986 at home in Fann [Dakar]; Université de Dakar named after him) Wikipedia, June 20, 2013 (Cheikh Anta Diop; historian, anthropologist, physicist, politician; b. in Thieytou, Diourbel Region; native language Wolof) Actes du colloque international tenu à Tombouctou sur : la culture arabo-islamique en Afrique au sud du Sahara, 1997: Arabic section, page 67 (Jāmiʻat al-Shaykh Anta Jūb Dakār, al-Sinighāl) |
| Associated language | fre wol |
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