San Antonio College Library

Du Bois sets out to disprove one of the most commonly cited "proofs" of the biological inferiority of black peoples: that before European influence, the continent of Africa lacked civilization, culture, and even history. Du Bois's decision to open his book on the history of Africa by destroying any biological understanding of race was thus both perfectly logical and absolutely revolutionary. Du Bois employs an incredible array of sources to prove...

From the Publisher: Edited and translated by Mercer Cook. 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 negres et culture and Anteriorite des civilizations negres, 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...