Aboubacry Moussa Lam

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Aboubacry Moussa Lam, also known as Boubacar Lam, was born in 1953

Senegalese historian, disciple of Cheikh Anta Diop, who was his primary advisor on his major work, De l'Origine Égyptienne des Peuls, and a professor of Egyptology in the Department of History at the Cheikh Anta Diop University.[2] Lam has been credited with being the most important Diop scholar[3] and being "most helpful and inspiring in defining the nature of the Afrocentric school of thought."[4] Boubacar has been active in seeking to recenter Africans back in their own historical and social context.[5] Lam was also a signatory to an appeal to preserve the Timbuktu Manuscripts.[6] In January 2018, he was listed as a writer and lecturer at Dakar University as well as a participant in the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA)'s and the Global Book Alliance (GBA)'s African Publishers and Other Book Industry Stakeholders Regional Meeting.[7]

The primary focus of Lam's work has been on Cheikh Anta Diop's migrations theory.

km.t deriving from the skin color of Nile Valley Africans, who are viewed as black.[12]

Selected works

  • Les chemins du Nil : les relations entre l'Egypte ancienne et l'Afrique[1]
  • De l'origine égyptienne des Peuls[1]
  • La fièvre de la terre[1]
  • Le Sahara ou la vallée du Nil? : aperçu sur la problématique du berceau de l'unité culturelle de l'Afrique Noire[1]
  • L'affaire des momies royales : la vérité sur la reine Ahmès-Nefertari[1]
  • Le triomphe de Maât[1]
  • L'unité culturelle égypto-africaine à travers les formes et les fonctions de l'appui-tête[1]
  • Paalel njuumri[1]
  • Fulb̳e : gila Héli-e-Yooyo haa Fuuta-Tooro[1]
  • Hieroglyphics for Babies[13]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Lam, Aboubacry Moussa 1953-". WorldCat Identities. OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc.
  2. ^ a b c d Gaston, Lafayette. "Past Afrocentricity: Reassessing Cheikh Anta Diop's Place In the Afrocentric Frame". Live From Planet Earth. The Liberator Magazine.
  3. ISBN 9781633392946
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  4. ISBN 9780231507943
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  5. ISBN 9780748686971
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  6. ^ "Timbuktu Manuscripts in DANGER!". West African Research Association. Boston University.
  7. ^ "Association for the Development of Education In Africa (ADEA) and the Global Book Alliance (GBA) Report: Regional Workshop for African Book Industry Stakeholders" (PDF). Association for the Development of Education in Africa.
  8. ^ "What Black Studies Is Not: Moving from Crisis to Liberation in Africana Intellectual Work1". Journal of the Research Group on Socialism and Democracy Online. Archived from the original on 2018-11-06. Retrieved 2018-08-18.
  9. ^ Imhotep, Asar. "AKAN AND EGYPTIAN SYMBOL COMPARISONS: PART 1" (PDF). AsarImhotep.com. The MOCHA-Versity Institute of Philosophy and Research. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-03-29. Retrieved 2018-08-18.
  10. ISBN 9789004217508
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  11. ISBN 9780415771382
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  12. ^ Fani-Kayode, Femi. "Who Are The Yoruba People? (Part 3)". Premium Times. Premium Times Services Limited.
  13. ^ "African Philosophy: The Pharaonic Period: 2780-330 BC". Pambazuka. Pambazuka News.[permanent dead link]
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