Souleymane Bachir Diagne ©Le Figaro

PHILOSOPHER

Senegal

Souleymane Bachir Diagne (Senegal), philosopher and specialist of the history of sciences and Islamic philosophy, has taught at the University of Dakar, before emigrating to the USA where he teaches first in Chicago, then at Columbia University (New York). In 2013, he presides over the Concertation Nationale pour l’Avenir de l’Enseignement supérieur in Senegal (CNAES).

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