Suntou,

Here is an article posted on the Africana studies department website of Rutgers University pertaining to Dr. Manneh. Money quote:

"The next person hired was Momodou Manneh, a PhD candidate in the Rutgers Political Science Department (the first Black to earn a PhD degree in that Department). Manneh, Bethel , and Weaver organized the introductory course to the Africana discipline (in 1971-72 the African and Afro-American Program on the three campuses in New Brunswick became Africana Studies) and team-taught. Manneh returned home to the Gambia , West Africa and became the highest ranking member of the Gambian Parliament, second only to the president of the country."

The last sentence is definitely an exaggregation, but Dr. Manneh did pursue a PHD at Rutgers.

Here is a link to their site:
http://africanastudies.rutgers.edu/historyrutgers.html

 


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