ANTHROPOLOGIST

Cheikh Anta Diop

1923 - 1986

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Cheikh Anta Diop (29 December 1923 – 7 February 1986) 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 Afrocentrist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cheikh Anta Diop has received more than 812,680 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Cheikh Anta Diop is the 22nd most popular anthropologist (up from 25th in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from Senegal (up from 11th in 2019) and the most popular Senegalese Anthropologist.

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS

Among anthropologists, Cheikh Anta Diop ranks 22 out of 93. Before him are E. E. Evans-Pritchard, Edward T. Hall, Mary Douglas, Mary Leakey, Marc Augé, and Victor Turner. After him are Marshall Sahlins, A. L. Kroeber, Ann Dunham, Jacques de Morgan, Fredrik Barth, and Marvin Harris.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Cheikh Anta Diop ranks 105. Before him are Lloyd Shapley, Albert King, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Belisario Betancur, Daniel Carleton Gajdusek, and Yuriko, Princess Mikasa. After him are Philly Joe Jones, Irvin Kershner, Walerian Borowczyk, Stig Dagerman, Alexandre Astruc, and Loriot. Among people deceased in 1986, Cheikh Anta Diop ranks 72. Before him are Bernard Malamud, Ernst Neufert, Maurice Duruflé, Lyudmila Rudenko, Sandro Puppo, and Elio de Angelis. After him are Alexandre Tansman, Emilio Fernández, J. Allen Hynek, André Leroi-Gourhan, Aleksandr Akimov, and Hermann Gmeiner.

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In Senegal

Among people born in Senegal, Cheikh Anta Diop ranks 9 out of 138. Before him are Abdoulaye Wade (1926), Patrick Vieira (1976), Macky Sall (1961), Abdou Diouf (1935), Youssou N'Dour (1959), and Ousmane Sembène (1923). After him are Sadio Mané (1992), Patrice Evra (1981), Mariama Bâ (1929), Jean-Pierre Adams (1948), Lamine Diack (1933), and Souleymane Sané (1961).

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS In Senegal

Among anthropologists born in Senegal, Cheikh Anta Diop ranks 1. 

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