Inventing  Africa
Subtitle: history, archaeology and ideas
By: Robin Derricourt .
Publisher: Pluto Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 183
ISBN-13: 9780745331065; 9780745331058
Subjects: Historiography; Civilization; Antiquities
Description: "Inventing Africa is a critical account of narratives which have selectively interpreted and misinterpreted the continent's deep heart. Writers have created alluring images of lost cities, vast prehistoric migrations and golden ages of past civilisations. Debates continue on the African origins of humankind, the contributions of ancient Egypt t the world and Africa's importance to global history"--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-176) and index.
Table of contents: title: The construction of African pasts; title: The changing shape and perception of "Africa"; title: Mythic and mystic Africa; title: Looking both ways : the enigma of Raymond Dart; title: Egos and fossils; title: Stirring the gene pool : human ancestors from Africa to the wider world; title: Ancient Egypt and African sources of civilisation; title: Old states good, new states bad; title: The present of the past.