Sebald, Peter

LC control no.	nr 88006517
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Sebald, Peter *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Associated country	Germany Germany (East) Togo
Associated place	Tanzania Zambia Somalia Nigeria Ghana
Birth date	1934-05-15
Death date	2018-03-05
Place of birth	Niesky (Germany)
Place of death	Berlin (Germany)
Field of activity	Togoland--History Togo--History Germany--Colonies--Africa--History
Affiliation	Université de Lomé Archives nationales du Togo Akademie der Wissenschaften der DDR. Institut für Allgemeine Geschichte
Profession or occupation	Historians
Found in	His Togo 1884-1914, 1988: t.p. (Peter Sebald) Auf dt. Spuren in Lomé, 1997?: t.p. (Peter Sebald) p. 59 (b. 1934) Die deutsche Kolonie Togo 1884-1914, 2013: p. 205 (Peter Sebald, Jhrg. 1934; Dr. sc. phil. 1956, history, Leipzig; from 1956 studied Togo's history under German administration; 1978-1991, researcher, Institut für Allgemeine Geschichte; 1990-2010, fulltime researcher at Togo national archives, Lomé, and lectures at University of Lomé) Peter Sebald et le Togo, 2020: page 5 (German historian and researcher specialist on Togo) page 17 (died on 5 March 2018, age 83; born in Niesky, in the former German Democratic Republic, where he received a communist, anticapitalist and anticolonialist education; studied the German colonial archives of Togo from 1956 to 1978, unable to visit Togo due to lack of cultural accord between Togo and the DDR; spent time in other African countries, such as Tanzania, where he was director of the "Maison de l'Amitié" 1966-1969, Zambia, Somalia, Nigeria; in 1987 he did a study trip to Ghana; first trip to Togo in 1987; from 1990 he began a systematic treatment of the Archives nationales du Togo, initially under the sponsorship of ORSTOM (France)) Wikipedia, German version, July 22, 2021 (Peter Sebald; born 15 May 1934 in Niesky; died 5 March 2018 in Berlin)
Associated language	ger