The African Origin of Civilization
Myth or Reality
by Cheikh Anta Diop

Edited and translated by Mercer Cook

Description:

Laymen and scholars alike will welcome the publication of this one-volume translation of the major sections of C. A. Diop's two books, Nations nègres et culture and Antèrioritè des civilizations nègres, which have profoundly influenced thinking about Africa around the world. It was largely because of these works that, at the World Festival of the Arts held in Dakar in 1966, Dr. Diop shared with the late W. E. B. DuBois an award as the writer who had exerted the greatest influence on Negro thought in the 20th century.

The African Origin of Civilization:  Myth or Reality, edited  and translated by Mercer Cook and prepared with the author's cooperation, presents Dr. Diop's main thesis -- that historical, archaeological and anthropological evidence supports the theory that the civilization of ancient Egypt, the first that history records, was actually Negroid in origin.

The present volume contains over fifty illustrations, many of them newly selected for this book, which further document Dr. Diop's theories. The author has written a new preface and conclusion for this edition, which includes a preface by Mercer Cook, an index, bibliography, biographical notes on the authors and authorities cited, and a glossary of archaeological terms used in the book.

The African Origin of Civilization:  Myth or Reality
by  Cheikh Anta Diop
Edited and translated by Mercer Cook

ISBN: 9781556520723
ISBN-10: 1556520727
Publisher: Lawrence Hill Books
Publication Date: 1995
Format: Trade Paperback, 316 pages
Book Type: New