This Book Reviews the Life and Thoughts of Dr. Cheikh Anta Diop. An African who has left a major impact upon the world. He was a Senegalese Physicist,Historian,and Linguist. No other in the field of African civilization Studies has been more highly regarded in the French and English speaking world than Dr. Cheikh A. Diop. The has the finest essays by,many scholars and Dr. himself. several extended interviews and  detailed Analyses of Cheikh a. Diop many books and projects. Editor's are Ivan V. Sertima, Larry Obadele Williams. First edition 1986. Fifth printing 2000. Transaction book publisher,New Jersey.