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Souleymane Bachir Diagne
Senegalese philosopher
Souleymane Bachir DiagneFrench:[djaɲ] (born 8 November 1955 in Saint-Louis, Senegal)[1] is a Senegalesephilosopher.
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His work is focused on the history of logic and mathematics, epistemology, the tradition of philosophy in the Islamic world, identity formation, and African literatures and philosophies.[2]
Biography
After passing his baccalauréat in Senegal, Diagne was admitted to the demanding public secondary schoolLycée Louis-le-Grand in Paris, following in the footsteps, almost a half-century later, of his compatriot and the first president of Senegal, Léopold Sédar Senghor.
There he prepared for the entrance exams to the École Normale Supérieure, meanwhile receiving his license and maîtrise level degrees in philosophy at the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. At the École Normale Supérieure he studied with Althusser and Derrida.
After receiving his agrégation in Philosophy (1978), Diagne