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"Théâtre en boîte" by the Senegalese artist Amadou Makhtar Mbaye. Depiction of philosopher Kocc Barma Fall's (right) visit to the Damel of Cayor (king of Cayor).

Kocc Barma Fall (1586 — 1655) was a Cayorian philosopher and a member of the lamanic class. Kocc Barma was an Ajoor-Ajoor - a Serer demonym, meaning an inhabitant of the Kingdom of Cayor, now part of present day Senegal. He is considered to be the greatest Senegalese thinker and philosopher and one of the prominent figures of African philosophy.

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