The African origin of civilization : myth or reality / Chiekh Anta Diop ; [edited and] translated from the French by Mercer Cook.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Diop, Cheikh Anta.

Contributor:

Cook, Mercer, 1903-1987.

Standardized Title:

Antériorité des civilisations nègres. English. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Black people--Egypt.

Black people.

Black race--History.

Black race.

Egypt--Civilization--To 332 B.C.

Egypt.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : Lawrence Hill Books, c1974.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Now in its 30th printing, this classic presents historical, archaeological, and anthropological evidence to support the theory that ancient Egypt was a black civilization.

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

Notes:

Translation of sections of Anteriorite des civilisations negres and Nations negres et culture.

Includes bibliographical references.

Contains:

Diop, Cheikh Anta. Nations negres et culture. English. Selections. 1974.

ISBN:

9781613747346

1613747349

9781613747360

1613747365

OCLC:

818817461