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Charles S. Finch III is an independently trained historian and a physician. He is a 1971 graduate of Yale University and a 1976 graduate of Jefferson Medical College. He completed a family medicine residency at the University of California Irvine Medical Center in 1979. Dr. Finch joined the Department of Family Medicine at the Morehouse School of Medicine in 1982 and then the Office of International Health in 1989, eventually becoming Director of International Health until his retirement from the school in 2007. During that period, he was the principal investigator of a traditional healer survey among the Serer people of Senegal, 1991-1992. Between 1992 - 1995 Dr. Finch led three additional traditional healer projects in Senegal; and also led groups to traditional healing ceremonies in Senegal. Knowing that not everyone could travel to Senegal, he brought a traditional healing ceremony to the United States. Coumba Lamba USA, an 8-day African healing ceremony took place on St. Helena Island, South Carolina in 1996. Dr. Finch was instrumental in bringing scholars together for the first Nile Valley Conference in 1984, and the second Nile Valley Conference in 2011. He has also led study tours to Egypt since 1989. In addition to his studies covering African and world history, Dr. Finch's has intensively analyzed works of comparative religion, anthropology, and ancient science since 1971. Studying the history of African peoples from so many angles has allowed him to show linkages and connections that present a view of African history that revises conventional world history. He has written extensively and has lectured on these topics to audiences eager to learn from his vast stores of knowledge. Published books include "Echoes of the Old Darkland" (Khenti, 1991); "The Star of Deep Beginnings" (Khenti, 1998); and "Nile Valley Civilization: A 10,000-Year History," (Khenti, 2023). In his personal life, he has been married to Ellen Nixon Finch for 52 years. The couple produced 7 children, and there are now 10 grandchildren.
Charles S. Finch III is an independently trained historian and a physician. He is a 1971 graduate of Yale University and a 1976 graduate of Jefferson Medical College. He completed a family medicine residency at the University of California Irvine Medical Center in 1979. Dr. Finch joined the Department of Family Medicine at the Morehouse School of Medicine in 1982 and then the Office of International Health in 1989, eventually becoming Director of International Health until his retirement from the school in 2007. During that period, he was the principal investigator of a traditional healer survey among the Serer people of Senegal, 1991-1992. Between 1992 - 1995 Dr. Finch led three additional traditional healer projects in Senegal; and also led groups to traditional healing ceremonies in Senegal. Knowing that not everyone could travel to Senegal, he brought a traditional healing ceremony to the United States. Coumba Lamba USA, an 8-day African healing ceremony took place on St. Helena Island, South Carolina in 1996. Dr. Finch was instrumental in bringing scholars together for the first Nile Valley Conference in 1984, and the second Nile Valley Conference in 2011. He has also led study tours to Egypt since 1989. In addition to his studies covering African and world history, Dr. Finch's has intensively analyzed works of comparative religion, anthropology, and ancient science since 1971. Studying the history of African peoples from so many angles has allowed him to show linkages and connections that present a view of African history that revises conventional world history. He has written extensively and has lectured on these topics to audiences eager to learn from his vast stores of knowledge. Published books include "Echoes of the Old Darkland" (Khenti, 1991); "The Star of Deep Beginnings" (Khenti, 1998); and "Nile Valley Civilization: A 10,000-Year History," (Khenti, 2023). In his personal life, he has been married to Ellen Nixon Finch for 52 years. The couple produced 7 children, and there are now 10 grandchildren.