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The African origin of civilization: myth or reality. / Cheikh Anta Diop. Translated from the French by Mercer Cook.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Diop, Cheikh Anta.
- Standardized Title:
- Antériorité des civilisations nègres. Selections. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Black people--Egypt.
- Black people.
- Black race--History.
- Black race.
- History.
- Egypt--Civilization--To 332 B.C.
- Egypt.
- Civilization.
- Penn Provenance:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xvii pages, 1 unnumbered page, 317 pages, 1 unnumbered page. : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Lawrence Hill & Company, [1974]
- Contents:
- Preface: The Meaning of Our Work
- What Were the Egyptians?
- Birth of the Negro Myth
- Modern Falsification of History
- Could Egyptian Civilization Have Originated in the Delta?
- Could Egyptian Civilization be of Asian Origin?:
- The Egyptian Race as Seen and Treated by Anthropologists
- Arguments Supporting a Negro Origin
- Arguments Opposing a Negro Origin
- Peopling of Africa from the Nile Valley
- Political and Social Evolution of Ancient Egypt
- Contribution of Ethiopia-Nubia and Egypt
- Reply to a Critics
- Early History of Humanity: Evolution of the Black World.
- Notes:
- This book consists of ten chapters from 'Nations Négres et Culture,' first published in 1955 and three from 'Antériorité des civilisations négres' published in 1967.
- "This translation and edited condensation copyright © Lawrence Hill & Co., 1974."
- "First edition February, 1974."
- "Cover photo credit: British Museum."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-312) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James A. Crawford Memorial Fund.
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- ISBN:
- 0882080210
- 0882080229
- OCLC:
- 790504
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