The African Origin of Civilization: Myth or Reality Cheikh Anta Diop
Publisher: L. Hill

This provocative book by two acclaimed scholars of. €Diop's first work translated into English, The African Origin of Civilization: Myth or Reality, was published in 1974. New York: Lawrence Hill, 1974,. So-called Greek philosophy is stolen Egyptian philosophy! In his book The African Origin of Civilization, Diop reproduced two photographs, one of the statue, the other of a Negroid Watusi, underneath which he placed the following remarks: . Civilization – Myth or Reality and Martin Bernal: Black Athena Vol. Western civilization's African origins include Cheikh Anta Diop: The African Origin of. Black History eBooks Pack 1: Cheikh Anta Diop. This is true, he did make that argument, and I gather that this book, The African Origin of Civilization: Myth or Reality, is the work in English that made his reputation. African Origin of Civilization: Myth or Reality. For those not familiar with Cheikh Anta Diop, perhaps the greatest African scholar of the 20th century,”The African Origin of Civilization: Myth or Reality?” his first book published in English, is a great introduction. One of Diop's numerous claims, was that Ramesses II was Negroid, and that this "fact" could be proved easily. Thus, Diop remarked: Egyptian Museum of Turin, Italy. It gained a much wider audience for his work. Geddes & Grosset (1997) Ancient Egypt: Myth and History (New Lanark: Geddes & Grosset). Myths, stereotypes and realities of African-American women: a personal reflection [Ella Louise Bell]. Racism has all but become a bi-polar affair; Africans remain the only race being humiliated by Euro-Americans. In 1974, a milestone occurred in the English-speaking world when the African Origin of Civilization: Myth or Reality was finally published. (Paris, Presence Africaine, 1974) p.2; Diop, 1974. THE AFRICAN ORIGIN OF CIVILIZATION: MYTH OR REALITY – A BOOK REVIEW. Translated from the French by Mercer Cook.