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African Origin of Civilization : Myth or Reality.
Title:
African Origin of Civilization : Myth or Reality.
Author:
Diop, Cheikh Anta.
ISBN:
9781613747360
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (336 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Copyright -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE -- PREFACE: The Meaning of Our Work -- CHAPTER I: What Were the Egyptians? -- CHAPTER II: Birth of the Negro Myth -- CHAPTER III: Modern Falsification of History -- CHAPTER IV: Could Egyptian Civilization Have Originated in the Delta? -- CHAPTER V: Could Egyptian Civilization Be of Asian Origin? -- CHAPTER VI: The Egyptian Race as Seen and Treated by Anthropologists -- CHAPTER VII: Arguments Supporting a Negro Origin -- CHAPTER VIII: Arguments Opposing a Negro Origin -- CHAPTER IX: Peopling of Africa from the Nile Valley -- CHAPTER X: Political and Social Evolution of Ancient Egypt -- CHAPTER XI: Contribution of Ethiopia-Nubia and Egypt -- CHAPTER XII: Reply to a Critic -- CHAPTER XIII: Early History of Humanity: Evolution of the Black World -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- NOTES ON ARCHEOLOGICAL TERMS USED IN THE TEXT -- BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
Now in its 30th printing, this classic presents historical, archaeological, and anthropological evidence to support the theory that ancient Egypt was a black civilization.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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