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Souleymane Bachir Diagne received his academic training in France. An alumnus of the École Normale Supérieure, he holds an agrégation in Philosophy (1978) and he took his Doctorat d’État in philosophy at the Sorbonne (1988) where he also took his BA (1977). His field of research includes history of logic, history of philosophy, Islamic philosophy, African philosophy and literature. He is the author of Boole, l’oiseau de nuit en plein jour (Paris: Belin, 1989), Islam et société ouverte, la fidélité et le mouvement dans la pensée de Muhammad Iqbal (Paris: Maisonneuve & Larose, 2001),  Léopold Sédar Senghor: l’art africain comme philosophie (Paris: Riveneuve Editions, 2007). He is currently working on a book on Islam and philosophy: Comment philosopher en Islam. His teaching interests include history of early modern philosophy, philosophy and Sufism in the Islamic world, African philosophy and literature, twentieth century French philosophy.