found: Dictionary of African Biography, accessed January 13, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Diaw, Aminata; Aminata Diaw-Cissé; educator, philosopher; born 24 May 1959 in Saint-Louis, Senegal; attended Lycée Masséna in Nice; bachelor of arts degree in philosophy before; master's degree from the University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis; a doctorate degree with first class honors from the University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis; appointed as a director of Information, Cultural and Sports Activities (DIACS) ) at the Cheikh Anta Diop University (UCAD); member of the Senegalese Women Association of University Graduates (ASFDU); member of the African Women Workers Network (RAFET); ardent supporter of African women's rights; best known for her systematic studies on Rousseau's political thoughts; selected in 2002 as chair of the National UNESCO Sub-Commission on Social Sciences and Humanities; vice chair of West African Research Association (AROA); chair of the Commission on Encounters and Exchanges of the Dakar Biennale (2004, 2006, 2008), coordinator of the CODESRIA Multinational Working Group on Citizenship and Identity in Africa; coordinator of the Women Writing Africa for West Africa; in charge of the Philosophical and Epistemological Research Center (CEREPHE))