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Ephraim Isaac
1936–
United States
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Biography
Ephraim Isaac (born 29 May 1936) is an Ethiopian scholar of ancient Ethiopian Semitic languages and of African and Ethiopian civilizations. He founded the Institute of Semitic Studies, which he directs from his home in Princeton, NJ, and is the chair of his Ethiopian Peace and Development Center. He was the first professor of Afro-American studies at Harvard University.
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