The gifts of Africa : how a continent and its people changed the world /
Pearce, Jeff, 1963-
The gifts of Africa : how a continent and its people changed the world / Jeff Pearce. - xxxviii, 512 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Comparative Chronology -- Introduction -- 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 -- Concluding Remarks.
"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"--
9781633887701 1633887707
2021029574
Civilization, Western--African influences.
Africa--Civilization.
Africa--History.
Africa--Intellectual life.
The gifts of Africa : how a continent and its people changed the world / Jeff Pearce. - xxxviii, 512 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Comparative Chronology -- Introduction -- 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 -- Concluding Remarks.
"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"--
9781633887701 1633887707
2021029574
Civilization, Western--African influences.
Africa--Civilization.
Africa--History.
Africa--Intellectual life.