Founding of the University of Dakar

1957 · Dakar

In 1957, three years before independence, the University of Dakar was founded — the first university in Francophone sub-Saharan Africa. In 1987, it was renamed Université Cheikh Anta Diop, in tribute to the great Senegalese scholar. It today welcomes tens of thousands of students.

Sources

• UCAD — historique de l'université

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