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02265aam a2200349 i 4500 001 8225CD9C90B411ED96A3A87826ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230110010046 008 210616s2022 ctua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2021029574 020 $a 1633887707 020 $a 9781633887701 040 $a IEN/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d DLC $d GCmBT $d NjBwBT $d SILO 050 00 $a DT14 $b .P39 2022 082 04 $2 23 100 1 $a Pearce, Jeff, $d 1963- $e author. 245 14 $a THE GIFTS OF AFRICA : $b HOW A CONTINENT AND ITS PEOPLE CHANGED THE WORLD / $c Jeff Pearce. 264 1 $a Guilford, Connecticut : $b Prometheus Books, $c [2022] 300 $a xxxviii, 512 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 500 $a 2022/04/15 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-506) and index. 505 0 $a Building blocks -- Tall tales and confessions -- A historian meets a Khan -- An African Midas -- Church and state... of mind -- African antecedents -- Immortal queens -- The activist -- Two economists and a diplomat -- Words, bards, and "tribes" -- Masks-- Attitudes -- Tanks versus spears -- Success stories -- The worth of words, the value in pictures -- The shadow of Mau Mau and the echoes of Algiers -- The Sphinx and the Minotaur -- Because Biko -- Cheetahs and hippos, oil and trees -- Exiles and expats. 520 $a "Past works have reinforced misconceptions about Africa, from its oral traditions and languages to its resistance to colonial powers. Other books have treated African achievements as a parade of honorable mentions and novelties. This book is different-refreshingly different. It tells the stories behind the milestones and provides insights into how great Africans thought, and how they passed along what they learned"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Civilization, Western $x African influences. 651 0 $a Africa $x Civilization. $9 63395 651 0 $a Africa $x History. $9 63400 651 0 $a Africa $x Intellectual life. 776 08 $i Online version: 776 08 $a Pearce, Jeff, 1963- $t Gifts of Africa $d Guilford, Connecticut : Prometheus Books, [2022] $z 9781633887718 $w (DLC) 2021029575 941 $a 1 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20230110010141.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8225CD9C90B411ED96A3A87826ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search