Introduction to African Civilizations

Jackson, John G.

ISBN 10: 0806521899 / ISBN 13: 9780806521893

Published by Citadel Press, 2001

About this Item

Foreword by Runko Rashidi, introduction by John Hamik Clarke. Trade paperback, glossy wrappers with red and black image of people on front, black bottom front, spine and back wrapper, 384 pages. Light wear to bottom front edge. Near Very Fine.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Introduction to African Civilizations
• Publisher: Citadel Press
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0806521899
• ISBN 13: 9780806521893
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Fine

About this title

Synopsis

Timely, relevant, and illuminating, this essential book by respected cultural historian, teacher, and author John G. Jackson sheds long overdue light on standard Eurocentric and distorting approaches to the history of Africa from early African civilizations to Africa’s significance in world history.
 
With brilliantly objective scholarship, respected historian and author John G. Jackson reexamines the outdated, racist, and Westernized history of Africa that is still taught in schools, and presents one infinitely more rich, colorful, varied—and truthful. Challenging the standard dehumanizing and exploitive approaches to African history, from the dawn of prehistory to the resurgent Africa of today--including the portrayal of Africans as “savages” who ultimately benefitted from European enslavement with its “blessings of Christian civilization”—Jackson confronts the parochial historian, devastates the theoretical pretensions of white supremacists, and expands intellectual horizons.
 
Accessible and informed, fascinating and candid, Introduction to African Civilizations is an important historical guide that will enhance antiracist teachings for the general reader and the scholar alike.
 
Introduction by John Henrik Clarke, pioneer of African Studies and author of Christopher Columbus and the African Holocaust
 
Foreword by Runoko Rashidi, historian, activist, and author of Introduction to the Study of African Classical Civilizations

About the Author

Jackson was a highly respected historian and author. He lived and taught for many years in Chicago.

John Henrik Clarke was born in 1915 in Union Springs, Alabama, and was brought up in Columbus, Georgia. Editor, lecturer, writer, and teacher, Dr. Clarke lived in New York City from 1933 until his death in 1998.