The gifts of Africa
Subtitle: how a continent and its people changed the world
By: Jeff Pearce
Publisher: Prometheus, an imprint of Globe Pequot
Published: 2022
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 512
ISBN-13: 9781633887718
Subjects: Western Civilization; African influences; Civilization; History; Intellectual life; Civilisation occidentale; Influence africaine; Histoire; Vie intellectuelle
Description: "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"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Comparative Chronology; title: Introduction; title: Building Blocks; title: Tall Tales and Confessions; title: A Historian Meets a Khan; title: An African Midas; title: Church and State... of Mind; title: African Antecedents; title: Immortal Queens; title: The Activist; title: Two Economists and a Diplomat; title: Words, Bards, and "Tribes"; title: Masks; title: Attitudes; title: Tanks Versus Spears; title: Success Stories; title: The Worth of Words, the Value in Pictures; title: The Shadow of Mau Mau and the Echoes of Algiers; title: The Sphinx and the Minotaur; title: Because Biko; title: Cheetahs and Hippos, Oil and Trees; title: Exiles and Expats; title: Concluding Remarks.