Education in Dakar - Cheikh Anta Diop University, Leopold Sedar Senghor French Institute, Suffolk University Dakar Campus (Paperback)

Chapters: Cheikh Anta Diop University, Leopold Sedar Senghor French Institute, Suffolk University Dakar Campus. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 18. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Cheikh Anta Diop University (French: ), also known as the University of Dakar, is a university in Dakar, Senegal. It is named after the Senegalese historian and anthropologist Cheikh Anta Diop and has an enrollment of over 60,000. Cheikh Anta Diop University predates Senegalese independence, and grew out of several French institutions set up by the colonial administration. In 1918, the French created the "ecole africaine de medecine" Medical school, mostly to serve white and Metis students, but also open to the small educated elite of the four free towns of Senegal with nominal French citizenship. In 1936, under the Popular Front government in France, Dakar became home to the Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire (IFAN), an institute for the study of African culture. In 1950s, with decolonisation already looming, the French administration expanded these schools, added science faculties, and combined the schools into the "Institut des Hautes Etudes de Dakar." In 1957, a new campus was constructed as the 18th French Public University, attached to the University of Paris and the University of Bordeaux. This became the University of Dakar the largest and most prestigious university in French West Africa. In 1987, its name was changed to honor the Senegalese philosopher and anthropologist, Cheikh Anta Diop. At independence in 1960, enrollment was 1018 students, only 39% Senegalese, with most of the rest from other former French colonies. By 1976, this number grew to 8014. The 1970s, a time of state financial crisis, saw a cut in funding to higher education, with international agencies stepping in over the next dec...http: //booksllc.net/?id=204184