Walter Rodney

Walter Rodney

male, deceased (1980)
Africanists, assassinated, Marxist historian, Pan-africanism, University of the West Indies alumni, murdered
Walter Rodney (March 23, 1942 - June 13, 1980) was a prominent Guyanese historian and political figure. Born to a working class family, Rodney was...
Cheikh Anta Diop

Cheikh Anta Diop

male, deceased (1986)
Africanists, dakar, senegal, Pan-africanism, culture, colonial
Cheikh Anta Diop (29 December, 1923-7 February, 1986) is a Senegalese historian, anthropologist, which places emphasis on the human race's origins...
Basil Davidson

Basil Davidson

male, 95 years old
Historian of Africa, Africanists, historian, English, Carnation Revolution, leftist
Basil Davidson (born 9 November 1914 in Bristol England) is an acclaimed writer and Africanist historian. Before the carnation revolution, he was a...

David William Cohen

male
University of Michigan, International Institute, Program of African Studies, Africanists, Historian of Africa, historical anthropology
David William Cohen is professor of history and anthropology and director of the International Institute at the University of Michigan. He...
Patrick Manning

Patrick Manning

male
Africanists, Academic, economic history, African history, American Historical Association, American
Patrick Manning is the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of World History at the University of Pittsburgh. He is also president of the World History...

Jean Suret-Canale

male
historian, French Resistance member, French Communist Party member, Historian of Africa, Africanists
Jean Suret-Canale (1921-). French historian of Africa, Marxist theoritican, political activst, WWII resistance fighter.

Andrzej Zajączkowski

male, deceased (1994)
Sociologist, Anthropologist, Polish Academy of Sciences, polish, uganda, From Lublin…Africanists
Andrzej Zajączkowski was a Polish sociologist, culture anthropologist, Africanist. Since 1978 professor of Polish Academy of Sciences and U...