Aboubacry Moussa Lam, also known as Boubacar Lam, was born in 1953 and is a Peul

Senegalese Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 ...

historian, disciple of

Cheikh Anta Diop Cheikh Anta Diop (29 December 1923 – 7 February 1986) was a Senegalese historian, anthropologist, physicist, and politician who studied the human race's origins and pre-colonial African culture. Diop's work is considered foundational to the the ...

, who was his primary advisor on his major work, ''De l'Origine Égyptienne des Peuls'', and a Professor of

Egyptology Egyptology (from ''Egypt'' and Greek , '' -logia''; ar, علم المصريات) is the study of ancient Egyptian history, language, literature, religion, architecture and art from the 5th millennium BC until the end of its native religious ...

in the Department of History at the

Cheikh Anta Diop University Cheikh Anta Diop University (french: Université Cheikh Anta Diop or UCAD), also known as the Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar, is a university in Dakar, Senegal. It is named after the Senegalese physicist, historian and anthropologist Cheikh ...

. Lam has been credited with being the most important Diop scholar and being "most helpful and inspiring in defining the nature of the Afrocentric school of thought." Boubacar has been active in seeking to recenter Africans back in their own historical and social context. Lam was also a signatory to an appeal to preserve the

Timbuktu Manuscripts Timbuktu Manuscripts (or Tombouctou Manuscripts) is a blanket term for the large number of historically significant manuscripts that have been preserved for centuries in private households in Timbuktu, a city in northern Mali. The collections in ...

. In January 2018, he was listed as a writer and lecturer at Dakar University as well as a participant in the

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(ADEA)'s and the Global Book Alliance (GBA)'s African Publishers and Other Book Industry Stakeholders Regional Meeting. The primary focus of Lam's work has been on Cheikh Anta Diop’s migrations theory. Continuing the African intellectual tradition of Africana Studies, Lam has used his linguistic skills for the purpose of translation and to assist in the recovery of African memory. His linguistic work has helped establish connections between the

ancient Egyptian language The Egyptian language or Ancient Egyptian ( ) is a dead Afro-Asiatic language that was spoken in ancient Egypt. It is known today from a large corpus of surviving texts which were made accessible to the modern world following the decipherm ...

and

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, primarily Kongo-Saharan languages. In particular, much of his work has focused on the cultural and linguistic similarities between West Africans (e.g., Peul, Serer,

Wolof Wolof or Wollof may refer to: * Wolof people, an ethnic group found in Senegal, Gambia, and Mauritania * Wolof language, a language spoken in Senegal, Gambia, and Mauritania * The Wolof or Jolof Empire, a medieval West African successor of the Mal ...

) and ancient Egypt. His research and demonstration of the

Nile The Nile, , Bohairic , lg, Kiira , Nobiin language, Nobiin: Áman Dawū is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa. It flows into the Mediterranean Sea. The Nile is the longest river in Africa and has historically been considered ...

origin of the Peul has exampled the possibility of interactions between

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...

ns in the western and eastern

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. He has also made the case for km.t deriving from the skin color of

Nile Valley The Nile, , Bohairic , lg, Kiira , Nobiin: Áman Dawū is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa. It flows into the Mediterranean Sea. The Nile is the longest river in Africa and has historically been considered the longest rive ...

Africans, who are viewed as

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Selected works

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

References

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