Real name: Cheikh Anta Diop

Born on December 29th 1923 in Diourbel, Senegal, Cheikh Anta Diop was a Senegalese historian, anthropologist, physicist and politician who studied the human race's origins and pre-colonial African culture. Considered one of the greatest African historians of the 20th century. On 7 February 1986, Diop, who was called a "modern pharaoh" of African studies, died in his sleep in Dakar. Diop was survived by a wife and three sons.