Souleymane Bachir Diagne author biography, plus links to books by Souleymane Bachir Diagne.

Souleymane Bachir Diagne

Souleymane Bachir Diagne is Professor of Philosophy and Francophone Studies, and Director of the Institute of African Studies at Columbia University. His books include The Ink of the Scholars: Reflections on Philosophy in Africa, Open to Reason: Muslim Philosophers in Conversation with the Western Tradition, Postcolonial Bergson, and African Art as Philosophy: Senghor, Bergson, and the Idea of Negritude (Other Press, 2023).

This biography was last updated on 09/30/2025.

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