Motherland : a journey through 500,000 years of African culture and identity / Luke Pepera.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pepera, Luke, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Africans--Ethnic identity.

Africans.

Africa--History.

Africa.

Africa--Civilization.

Physical Description:

xii, 254 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm

Edition:

First Pegasus books cloth edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Pegasus Books, 2025.

Summary:

"Historian, archaeologist, and anthropologist Luke Pepera takes us on a personal journey discovering 500,000 years of African history and cultures in order to reclaim and reconnect with this extraordinary heritage. He tackles the question many people of African descent ask -- Who are we? Where do we come from? What defines us? And it explores how knowledge of this deeper history might affect current understandings of African identity. Through thematically-linked chapters that explore aspects of African identity from nomadic culture and matriarchal society to beliefs about the afterlife and the tradition of oral storytelling, and interwoven with Luke's own experiences of exploring his Ghanaian family history and his personal questions of identity, this is a comprehensive, relevant and beautifully told new history of Africa, and how it has shaped the world we know today."-- Provided by publisher

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-244) and index.

ISBN:

9781639368839

1639368833

OCLC:

1521405299

Publisher Number:

90102105468