Aboubacry_Moussa_Lam
Aboubacry Moussa Lam
Senegalese historian (b. 1953)
Aboubacry Moussa Lam, also known as Boubacar Lam, was born in 1953[1] and is a Peul[2] Senegalese historian, disciple of Cheikh Anta Diop, who was his primary advisor on his major work, De l'Origine Égyptienne des Peuls, and a professor of Egyptology in the Department of History at the Cheikh Anta Diop University.[2] Lam has been credited with being the most important Diop scholar[3] and being "most helpful and inspiring in defining the nature of the Afrocentric school of thought."[4] Boubacar has been active in seeking to recenter Africans back in their own historical and social context.[5] Lam was also a signatory to an appeal to preserve the Timbuktu Manuscripts.[6] In January 2018, he was listed as a writer and lecturer at Dakar University as well as a participant in the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA)'s and the Global Book Alliance (GBA)'s African Publishers and Other Book Industry Stakeholders Regional Meeting.[7]
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The primary focus of Lam's work has been on Cheikh Anta Diop's migrations theory.[2] 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.[8] His linguistic work has helped establish connections between the ancient Egyptian language and black African languages, primarily Kongo-Saharan languages.[9] In particular, much of his work has focused on the cultural and linguistic similarities between West Africans (e.g., Peul, Serer, Wolof) and ancient Egypt.[2][10] His research and demonstration of the Nile origin of the Peul has exampled the possibility of interactions between Africans in the western and eastern Sahel.[11] He has also made the case for km.t deriving from the skin color of Nile Valley Africans, who are viewed as black.[12]