The IFAN of Dakar — from its founding to the Carbon-14 laboratory

1936 / 1966 · Dakar (IFAN)

In 1936, France founded in Dakar the French Institute of Black Africa (IFAN), the leading centre for scientific research on Africa. At Senegal's independence, it became the Fundamental Institute of Black Africa. In 1966, Cheikh Anta Diop inaugurated there Africa's first carbon-14 dating laboratory. It remains one of the most important scientific centres on the continent.

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• IFAN Cheikh Anta Diop — laboratoire Carbone 14

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