The Pharaohs Were Black: How One Scholar Reclaimed Africas Past

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Cheikh Anta Diop advocated a single federal state of Black Africa and fought colonialism with his books “One can no longer see ‘darkest Africa’ set against a ‘deep dark past’,” wrote Senegalese historian and philosopher Cheikh Anta Diop (1923-1986), one of the key figures in Pan-Africanism. His words resonate like a manifesto that proclaims: Africa […] The post The pharaohs were black: How one scholar reclaimed Africa’s past appeared first on Th…

The pharaohs were black: How one scholar reclaimed Africas past

Cheikh Anta Diop advocated a single federal state of Black Africa and fought colonialism with his books Read Full Article at RT.com