Today's Autonomedia Jubilee Saint — Sheikh Anta Diop

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DECEMBER 29 — SHEIKH ANTA DIOP
Radical African historian, “The Pharoah of Knowledge.”

DECEMBER 29 HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS
ISLAMIC MUHARRAM. FESTIVAL OF AUTONOMOUS MEDIA.

ALSO ON DECEMBER 29 IN HISTORY…
1890 — Wounded Knee Massacre of Oglala Sioux, Pine Ridge, South Dakota.
1911 — Sun Yat Sen named first president of Republic of China.
1916 — Russian crackpot monk Rasputin assassinated.
1923 — Radical African historian Sheikh Anta Diop born, Caytou, Senegal.
1943 — Masses political cartoonist Art Young dies, New York City

Excerpted from The 2009 Autonomedia Calendar of Jubilee Saints: Radical Heroes for the New Millennium by James Koehnline and the Autonomedia Collective. The 2010 Autonomedia Calender is now available on the Autonomedia site.

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