Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Cheikh Anta Diop

Toyin,

My half a kobo's worth ( if that currency is till in existence):

http://www.thelocal.se/blogs/corneliushamelberg/2012/12/30/re-cheikh-anta-diop/




On Dec 29, 7:42 pm, OLUWATOYIN ADEPOJU <tva...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Cornelius,
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> Have you read Diop?
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> What do you think of him?
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> I have not read him yet.
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> He is much lionised by Africa centred thinkers but he does not seem to
> feature much in the little exposure I have had to readings in African
> history.
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> I was struck to see a description in the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge of
> the ancient Egyptians as Black. I did not know that idea had gained the
> level of acceptance reflected in such a museum.
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> In all, though, I get the impression that Egypt has little significance
>  for many Africans and that its significance is much stronger for Diaspora
> Africans.
>
> What do you think?
>
> toyin
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> On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 6:29 PM, Cornelius Hamelberg <
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> corneliushamelb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Today is Cheikh Anta Diop's birthday  - some of the Diopists have been
> > celebrating that in Stockholm!
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> >https://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&sugexp=les%3B&gs_rn=1&gs_ri=hp&tok=IL...
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