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Precolonial Black Africa

Diop, Cheikh Anta
Publisher:  Lawrence Hill
Pages:  240pp   ISBN:  0-88208-188-8
Resource Type:  Book

This is one of three major works by Cheikh Anta Diop that attempts to reconstruct African history and the black contribution to the foundations of Western civilization. In this book, Diop compares the political and social systems of Europe and black Africa from antiquity to the formation of modern states. He provides guidelines for historians and others who seek a scientific understanding of precolonial societies in Africa, the Mediterranean, and Europe.

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