The gifts of Africa : how a continent and its people changed the world / Jeff Pearce.
"Past works have reinforced misconceptions about Africa, from its oral traditions and languages to its resistance to colonial powers. Other books have treated African achievements as a parade of honorable mentions and novelties. This book is different - refreshingly different. It tells the stories behind the milestones and provides insights into how great Africans thought, and how they passed along what they learned"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781633887701
- Physical Description: xxxviii, 512 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
- Publisher: Lanham, MD : Prometheus, an imprint of Globe Pequot, [2022]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction -- Comparative chronology -- Building blocks -- Tall tales and confessions -- A historian meets a Khan -- An African Midas -- Church and state... of mind -- African antecedents -- Immortal queens -- The activist -- Two economists and a diplomat -- Words, bards, and "tribes" -- Masks -- Attitudes -- Tanks versus spears -- Success stories -- The worth of words, the value in pictures -- The shadow of Mau Mau and the echoes of Algiers -- The sphinx and the minotaur -- Because Biko -- Trees and oil, cheetahs and hippos -- Exiles and expats -- Concluding remarks. |
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Subject: | Civilization, Western > African influences. Africa > Civilization. Africa > History. Africa > Intellectual life. |
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