In 1975, one year after Cheikh Anta Diop, the famous African scholar-scientist and his protégé and colleague Théophile Obenga successfully defended the African origin of ancient Kemet at the UNESCO symposium in Cairo, Jacob Carruthers visited Diop in Senegal.
In 1975, one year after Cheikh Anta Diop and his protégé Théophile Obenga had argued for the African roots of ancient Kemet at the UNESCO symposium in Cairo, Jacob Carruthers made a trip to see Diop in Senegal.