04435nam 2200637Ia 450 991079051310332120230306225156.01-61374-743-8(CKB)2550000001132679(EBL)3015208(SSID)ssj0000756642(PQKBManifestationID)11428115(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000756642(PQKBWorkID)10753059(PQKB)11344184(MiAaPQ)EBC3015208(Au-PeEL)EBL3015208(CaPaEBR)ebr10613700(CaONFJC)MIL532388(OCoLC)861480670(EXLCZ)99255000000113267919860909h19871987 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierPrecolonial Black Africa a comparative study of the political and social systems of Europe and Black Africa, from antiquity to the formation of modern states /Cheikh Anta Diop ; translated from the French by Harold J. SalemsonWestport, Conn. :L. Hill,1987.©19871 online resource (xii, 240 pages) illustrationsTranslation of: L'Afrique noire pré-coloniale.0-88208-187-X 1-306-01137-X Includes bibliographical references.""Cover""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""PREFACE""; ""I: ANALYSIS OF THE CONCEPT OF CASTE""; ""Major Divisions Within the Caste System""; ""Conditions of the Slaves""; ""The Bâ-dolo""; ""Genesis of the Caste System""; ""Caste in Egypt""; ""Genesis of the Caste System in India""; ""II: SOCIO-POLITICAL EVOLUTION OF THE ANCIENT CITY""; ""Social Classes""; ""Eupatridae""; ""The Plebs""; ""Priest-Kings""; ""The City-State""; ""Individualism""; ""Aristocratic Revolution""; ""Social Revolution""; ""Movements of Ideas""; ""The Influence of Egypt""; ""The Roman Empire""""III: FORMATION OF THE MODERN EUROPEAN STATES""" "The Political and Social Middle Ages""; ""The Intellectual Middle Ages""; ""IV: POLITICAL ORGANIZATION IN BLACK AFRICA""; ""The Mossi Constitution""; ""The Constitution of Cayor""; ""Matrilinear Succession: Ghana, Mali""; ""Songhai, the Oriental Influence""; ""Precedence in Songhai""; ""The Case of Cayor""; ""Significance of Royalty""; ""The Vitalist Concept""; ""Obligations of the King""; ""Separation of Secular and Religious""; ""The Lebou ""Republic""""; ""Monarchic and Tribal Africa""; ""Origin of the Constitutional Regime""""Crowning of the King and Court Life"" ""Songhai""; ""Cayor""; ""Ghana""; ""Mali""; ""V: POLITICAL ORGANIZATION""; ""Power of the African Empires""; ""Strength and Extent of the Empires""; ""Ghana""; ""Mali""; ""Songhai""; ""Administrative Organization""; ""Resources of the Royalty and Nobility""; ""Taxes""; ""Customs""; ""Gold Mines""; ""Royal Treasury""; ""Booty""; ""Fees Connected with Assuming Administrative Functions""; ""Government and Administration""; ""Hostages""; ""Songhai""; ""Various Ministries""; ""Administrative Unity""; ""Military Organization""; ""Structure""; ""Knights""""Metaphysical Reasons"" ""Power of Religious Beliefs""; ""Mystical Underpinning of Nationalism""; ""Renunciation of the Pre-Islamic Past""; """"Sherifism""""; ""VIII: INTELLECTUAL LEVEL: TEACHING AND EDUCATION""; ""The University""; ""Teaching Method""; ""The Program""; ""Awarding of Diplomas""; ""Intellectual Development""; ""Importance of the Sherif""; ""Survival of the Black Tradition in Education""; ""Historical Reminder: The Moroccan Invasion""; ""IX: TECHNICAL LEVEL""; ""Architecture in Nilotic Sudan""; ""Architecture in Zimbabwe""; ""Architecture in Ghana and the Niger Bend""; ""Metallurgy""Social structureAfrica, Sub-SaharanHistorySocial structureEuropeHistoryAfrica, Sub-SaharanPolitics and governmentAfricaHistoryTo 1498EuropePolitics and governmentEuropeHistorySocial structureHistory.Social structureHistory.967Diop Cheikh Anta243289MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910790513103321Precolonial Black Africa3708516UNINA