“Until now (1960, date of the first edition), the history of Black Africa has always been written with dates as dry as laundry lists, and no one has almost ever tried to find the key that unlocks the door to… — Cheikh Anta Diop Copy Share Image
Intellectuals ought to study the past not for the pleasure they find in so doing, but to derive lessons from it. — Cheikh Anta Diop Copy Share Image
Africa can and will only advance through African integration, which can be realized through the Federal United States of Africa — Cheikh Anta Diop Copy Share Image
“....the line of ill-intentional Egyptologist, equipped with a ferocious erudition , have commited their well known crime against science, by becoming guilty of a… — Cheikh Anta Diop Copy Share Image
The generation that followed did not have the same concerns; none of its members attempted to follow the example of the past generation. There… — Cheikh Anta Diop Copy Share Image
In practice it is possible to determine directly the skin colour and hence the ethnic affiliations of the ancient Egyptians by microscopic analysis in… — Cheikh Anta Diop Copy Share Image
European languages must not be considered diamonds displayed under a glass ball, dazzling us with their brilliance. — Cheikh Anta Diop Copy Share Image
“Until now (1960, date of the first edition), the history of Black Africa has always been written with dates as dry as laundry lists,… — Cheikh Anta Diop Copy Share Image
Intellectuals ought to study the past not for the pleasure they find in so doing, but to derive lessons from it. — Cheikh Anta Diop Copy Share Image
Ancient Egypt was a Negro Civilization. The history of Black Africa will remain suspended in air and cannot be written correctly until African historians… — Cheikh Anta Diop Copy Share Image
