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50th anniversary of the intellectual career of professor Joseph Ki-Zerbo (1922- 2006)   
Countries : Burkina Faso
Year : 2008
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Joseph Ki-Zerbo is a Burkinabe historian and politician. He is one of the thinkers of contemporary Africa to have made an impact on his era. Together with Cheikh Anta Diop, he placed studies on the history of Africa on a new footing, and established the National Liberation Movement in Dakar in 1957. His famous History of Black Africa, from the origins to our times was published in 1972 and became the reference publication on African history. He refuted the description of Africa, then prevalent in Europe, as a continent with no culture and no history. The year 2008 will mark the 50th anniversary of the intellectual career of this great African thinker.
  • Updated:09-05-2008 3:09 pm
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