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005			20220408132206.0
008			210616s2022 mdua e b 001 0 eng d
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040			_aDPL _beng _erda _cDPL _dOCLCO _dNFG
020			_a9781633887701 _q(cloth)
020			_a1633887707
035			_a(OCoLC)1308731217
043			_af------
092			_a960 _bP359
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aPearce, Jeff, _d1963- _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe gifts of Africa : _bhow a continent and its people changed the world / _cJeff Pearce.
264		1	_aLanham, MD : _bPrometheus, an imprint of Globe Pequot, _c[2022]
300			_axxxviii, 512 pages : _billustrations, maps ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aComparative 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.
520			_a"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"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aCivilization, Western _xAfrican influences.
651		0	_aAfrica _xCivilization. _928327
651		0	_aAfrica _xHistory. _922056
651		0	_aAfrica _xIntellectual life.
994			_aC0 _bNFG
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