Cheikh Anta Diop Quotes on Freedom
Cheikh Anta Diop was a Senegalese historian, anthropologist, physicist, and political philosopher who argued for the African origin of ancient Egyptian civilization and for the cultural unity of black Africa. This page collects quotes attributed to Cheikh Anta Diop on the topic of freedom, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Cheikh Anta Diop:
“African history must be rewritten by Africans themselves.”
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Attributed to Cheikh Anta Diop:
“Knowledge of the past is the precondition for liberation.”
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Attributed to Cheikh Anta Diop:
“The cultural unity of black Africa is the basis of any genuine African renaissance.”
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“Already during the Middle Ages, the memory of a Negro Egypt that had civilized the world had been blurred by ignorance of the antique tradition hidden in libraries or buried under ruins. It would become even more obscure during those four centuries of slavery.”
p. 24