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5 famous people you didn’t know are from the Republic of Congo

by Novieku Babatunde Adeola, 10:32am August 15, 2019,
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Théophile Obenga

Obenga, born in 1936 in the Republic of Congo is a professor emeritus at the African Studies Center at San Francisco University. He holds a Ph.D. in Humanities from the University of Paris, Sorbonne. In 2009, he was publicly promoted by Dennis Sassou Nguesso as presidential candidate for the Republic of Congo due to his activism and pan Africanism.

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He contributed as part of the UNESCO program to the writing of the General History of Africa and the Scientific and Cultural History of Humanity.

Last Edited by:Ismail Akwei Updated: August 15, 2019

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