He is a Senegalese national who has studied, lived and worked in Japan, France, and the Netherlands before settling in the USA. His scholarly work focuses on the relations between political power and mythological thinking -political dogmatizing, sustainable development in West Africa and beyond, Afro-Asian relations, and Panafricanism. His passion lies in the on-going labors for the restauration of historical consciousness among Africans at home and Africans Abroad.