1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910810321603321

Autore

Diop Cheikh Anta

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Lawrence Hill Books, , 1974

ISBN

1-61374-734-9

1-61374-736-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (336 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

DiopCheikh Anta

CookMercer <1903-1987.>

Disciplina

913.3206

913.320696

Soggetti

Black people - Egypt

Black race - History

Egypt Civilization To 332 B.C

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Translation of sections of Antériorité des civilisations négres and Nations nègres et culture.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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



was a black civilization.