Théophile Obenga

Théophile Obenga an African born in the Republic of the Congo, is an Egyptologist and member of Societe Francaise d’Egyptologie and a polyvalent scholar. He is trained as a philosopher, historian and linguist knowing Greek, Latin, French, English, Italian and practicing Arabic, Syriac and medu netjer (Egyptian hieroglyphs). He was part of the team at the 1974 UNESCO colloquium in Cairo on “The Peopling of Ancient Egypt and the Decipherment of Meroitic Writing” that effectively affirmed the African origin of Egyptian civilization.

Dr. Obenga worked with Dr. Diop (Cheikh Anta Diop) and helped encourage academic interest in Classical African Civilization. He also served as Congo's Minister of Foreign Affairs in the government of President Joachim Yhombi-Opango.

Dr. Obenga is currently a professor at San Francisco State University.