TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pearce,Jeff
TI  - The gifts of Africa: how a continent and its people changed the world 
SN  - 9781633887701
PY  - 2022///]
CY  - Lanham, MD
PB  - Prometheus, an imprint of Globe Pequot
KW  - Civilization, Western
KW  - African influences
KW  - Africa
KW  - Civilization
KW  - History
KW  - Intellectual life
N1  - 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
N2  - "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"--
ER  -