Black Africa
- 146 pages
- 6 hours of reading
This expanded edition continues Diop's campaign for the political and economic unification of the nations of black Africa. It concludes with a lengthy interview with Diop.
Cheikh Anta Diop was a pioneering Afrocentric historian and anthropologist, dedicated to studying the origins of humanity and pre-colonial African culture. His work, particularly concerning the African origin of civilization, ignited crucial debates about cultural bias in scientific research. Diop posited that archaeological and anthropological evidence supported his theories on the Negroid origins of the pharaohs and argued that European archaeology often understated the extent and potential of Black civilizations. His scholarship played a significant role in reorienting global academic perspectives on the place of African peoples in history, emphasizing the importance of shared cultural continuity across African nations.



This expanded edition continues Diop's campaign for the political and economic unification of the nations of black Africa. It concludes with a lengthy interview with Diop.
This comparison of the political and social systems of Europe and black Africa from antiquity to the formation of modern states demonstrates the black contribution to the development of Western civilization.
Now in its 30th printing, this classic presents historical, archaeological, and anthropological evidence to support the theory that ancient Egypt was a black civilization.N.B (translation of sections of Antériorité des civilisations négres and Nations nègres et culture)