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University Cheikh Anta Diop

university, Dakar, Senegal
Also known as: University of Dakar
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The University Cheikh Anta Diop is a public university located in Dakar, Senegal. It was established in 1957 as the University of Dakar and was renamed in 1987 to honor the Senegalese scholar and politician Cheikh Anta Diop. The university's curriculum was influenced by an agreement with France to emphasize an African-based curriculum. It is one of several institutions of higher education in Senegal, which also include technical education facilities and other universities like the University Gaston-Berger in Saint-Louis. Approximately one-fifth of its students are from other French-speaking African countries.1

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  1. Senegal - Education
  2. list of poets - Senegalese
  3. Alioune Diop

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