Theophile Obenga

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Theophile Obenga is a Congolese Egyptologist, linguist, and historian known for his Afrocentric scholarship on the African origins of ancient Egyptian civilization and African cultural unity.

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instanceOf Egyptologist ⓘ
linguist ⓘ
person ⓘ
university professor ⓘ
academicDegree PhD in history ⓘ
PhD in linguistics ⓘ
birthCountry Republic of the Congo ⓘ
birthDate 1936-02-02 ⓘ
birthPlace Mbaya ⓘ
citizenship Republic of the Congo ⓘ
collaboratedWith Cheikh Anta Diop ⓘ
continentOfCitizenship Africa ⓘ
educatedAt University of Bordeaux ⓘ
University of Geneva ⓘ
University of Paris ⓘ
employer Marien Ngouabi University ⓘ
San Francisco State University ⓘ
familyName Obenga ⓘ
fieldOfWork African history ⓘ
Afrocentric studies ⓘ
linked to: Afrocentrism

Egyptology ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ
philosophy of history ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Théophile ⓘ
influenced Afrocentric historiography ⓘ
influencedBy Cheikh Anta Diop ⓘ
knownFor Afrocentric scholarship ⓘ
comparative study of ancient Egyptian and African languages ⓘ
research on African origins of ancient Egyptian civilization ⓘ
work on African cultural unity ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Lingala ⓘ
livingStatus living person ⓘ
movement Afrocentrism ⓘ
name Théophile Obenga ⓘ
linked to: Theophile Obenga
nationality Congolese ⓘ
notableWork Ancient Egypt and Black Africa ⓘ
La philosophie africaine de la période pharaonique ⓘ
L’Afrique dans l’Antiquité ⓘ
Origine commune de l’égyptien, du copte et des langues négro-africaines ⓘ
participatedIn UNESCO symposium on the peopling of ancient Egypt and the deciphering of the Meroitic script (Cairo, 1974) ⓘ
positionHeld director of the Center for Egyptology at Marien Ngouabi University ⓘ
theory ancient Egyptian civilization has Black African origins ⓘ
ancient Egyptian is an African language related to other Black African languages ⓘ

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Afrocentrism → hasProponent → Theophile Obenga ⓘ
Cheikh Anta Diop → influenced → Theophile Obenga ⓘ
Théophile Obenga → name → Théophile Obenga ⓘ
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linked to: Theophile Obenga