2022/04/15 Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-506) and index.
Contents:
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.
Summary:
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
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