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Presentation
of
IFAN
The
Fundamental
Institute
of
Black
Africa
(IFAN)
was
created
in
August
1936,
by
decree
No.
1945/E
of
the
Governor
General
of
French
West
Africa
(AOF),
Jules
Brevié,
and
the
position
of
Secretary
General
was
occupied
by
Théodore
Monod
who
took
office
in
Dakar
from
July
1938.
A
federal
research
institute,
it
was
located
in
Dakar
(capital
of
AOF)
with
local
centers
in
the
different
territories:
Saint-Louis,
Abidjan,
Bamako,
Cotonou,
Niamey,
Ouagadougou,
associated
centers
(Douala
and
Lomé)
and
bases
(Atar,
Diafarbé,
Mont-Nimba).
In
1960,
IFAN
was
integrated
into
the
University
of
Dakar.
From
then
on,
the
local
and
associated
centers
became
autonomous.
In
1966,
IFAN,
while
keeping
its
acronym,
became
the
Fundamental
Institute
of
Black
Africa.
In
1986,
it
took
its
current
name
IFAN
Cheikh
Anta
Diop,
after
the
death
of
Professor
Cheikh
Anta
Diop,
one
of
its
most
eminent
researchers.
Its
main
Directors
were
successively:
Théodore
MONOD
(1938-1965),
naturalist;
Vincent
MONTEIL
(1965-1968),
Islamologist;
Pierre
FOUGEYROLLAS
(1968-1971),
philosopher;
Amar
SAMB
(1971-1986),
Islamologist;
Abdoulaye
Bara
DIOP
(1986-1995),
sociologist;
Djibril
SAMB
(1995-2005),
historian
in
philosophy;
Papa
NDIAYE
(2005-2011),
biologist;
Hamady
BOCOUM
(2011
to
2016),
archaeologist;
Abdoulaye
TOURÉ,
(since
2017),
historian
Six
departments
Departments
Laboratories
1.
Human
sciences
Geography
Physical
anthropology
Prehistory-Protohistoric
Sociology
2.
Languages
and
Civilizations
Cultural
anthropology
African
Literature
and
Civilization
Islamology
Linguistic
3.
Animal
Biology
Marine
Biology,
Zoology
of
Terrestrial
Invertebrates
and
Terrestrial
Vertebrates.
4.
Botany
and
Geology
Botany,
Geology,
Carbon
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5.
Scientific
Information
Publication
Service,
Audiovisual
Service,
Documentation
Service,
Archives
Service.
6.
Museums
Théodore
Monod
Museum
of
African
Art,
Gorée
Historical
Museum,
Museum
of
the
Sea.
IFAN’s
missions
—
to
carry
out,
encourage
and
promote
scientific
work
relating
to
black
Africa
in
general
and
to
West
Africa
in
particular;
—
to
ensure
the
publication
and
dissemination
of
studies
and
scientific
work
relating
to
its
mission;
—
to
constitute
in
its
museums,
its
archives
and
its
library
the
scientific
collections
and
the
documentation
necessary
for
the
knowledge
and
study
of
questions
of
interest
to
black
Africa;
—
to
participate
in
the
application
of
regulations
concerning
the
classification
of
historic
monuments,
excavations,
the
exploration
of
ethnographic
objects
or
African
art,
the
protection
of
natural
sites,
fauna
and
flora;
—
to
collaborate
in
the
organization
of
international
conferences
and
congresses
and
in
the
establishment
of
cooperation
and
exchanges
with
similar
national
and
international
institutes;
—
to
participate
in
the
cultural
renaissance
of
Africa
and
the
Africanization
of
teaching
programs,
in
particular
by
disseminating
by
all
means
(conferences,
publications,
seminars,
etc.),
the
results
of
its
studies.
There
are
three
types
of
staff:
1.
Administrative
Technical
and
Service
Personnel
(PATS)
2.
Teaching
and
Research
Personnel
(PER)
3.
Security
guard
personnel
Contractual
staff
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