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Kemtiyu, Cheikh Anta (2016)

Name: Kemtiyu, Cheikh Anta
Genre: Documentary, Biography
Released: 2018-01-30T09:03:06+01:00

Documentary | 94 minutes

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Genre: Documentary / Biography

Duration: 94 minuten

Country: Senegal

Directed by: William Mbaye Ousmane

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Kemtiyu, Cheikh Anta plot

Portrait of the Senegalese scientist Cheikh Anta Diop, a pioneering scholar with an insatiable thirst for science and knowledge, and also an honest, enlightened political figure, revered by some, denounced by others, but unknown to most. It is the story of the life's work of Cheikh Anta Diop, who studied philosophy, physics, chemistry, history and linguistics. All that knowledge came together in his thesis: Africa is the birthplace of civilization and the Egyptian pharaohs were black Africans – a conclusion that took a heavy toll. This film tells the story of a man who fought all his life for truth and justice to restore Africa's historical consciousness and dignity.