The African Origin of Civilization: Myth Or RealityFrom the Publisher: Edited and translated by Mercer Cook. Laymen and scholars alike will welcome the publication of this one-volume translation of the major sections of C. A. Diop's two books, Nations negres et culture and Anteriorite des civilizations negres, which have profoundly influenced thinking about Africa around the world. It was largely because of these works that, at the World Festival of the Arts held in Dakar in 1966, Dr. Diop shared with the late W. E. B. DuBois an award as the writer who had exerted the greatest influence on Negro thought in the 20th century. |
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... Europe has ruled Africa down to the present day . With the Roman victory over Carthage , European penetration and control of Africa began ; it reached its high point at the end of the nineteenth century . When one studies the ...
... Europe has ruled Africa down to the present day . With the Roman victory over Carthage , European penetration and control of Africa began ; it reached its high point at the end of the nineteenth century . When one studies the ...
Page 160
... European navigators at the end of the Middle Ages failed to make some very remarkable observations . When they reached the Bay of Guinea and alighted at Vaida , the captains were astonished to find well - planned streets bordered for ...
... European navigators at the end of the Middle Ages failed to make some very remarkable observations . When they reached the Bay of Guinea and alighted at Vaida , the captains were astonished to find well - planned streets bordered for ...
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... European scholar with regard to African data is essentially an- alytical . Seeing things from the outside , often reluctant to synthesize , the European clings basically to explosive , more or less biased micro- analysis of the facts ...
... European scholar with regard to African data is essentially an- alytical . Seeing things from the outside , often reluctant to synthesize , the European clings basically to explosive , more or less biased micro- analysis of the facts ...
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