Between the 1st and 5th of July 2015 the tenth African Conference was held in Poznań. During the opening ceremony a letter from Professor Fred Wendorf, President of the International Commission of the Later Prehistory of Northeastern Africa, was read. Several days later, on July 15th, Fred passed away. This news was both unexpected and very sad, even though we knew he was not in the best of health. Still, hope is the last to die.
Fred Wendorf was like the godfather to several generations of archeologists working in Northeastern Africa. Most of us had the privilege to know him, and some had the pleasure to work with him—getting to know him on both a professional and private basis. Therefore, it was obvious for us that another volume of proceedings of the Symposium had to be devoted to Fred Wendorf, to honour one of the most distinguished scholars to have ever worked on the prehistory of Northeastern Africa.

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