GREAT AFRICAN THINKERS - VoL.1 - CHEIKH ANTA DIOP

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Great African Thinkers Volume I: Cheikh Anta Diop is a memorial special issue edited by Ivan Van Sertima and features selected writings, interviews, impressions, and assessments centered on Cheikh Anta Diop. The contents include introductory reflections, discussions such as conversations revisiting the Nile Valley and meeting the pharaoh, a selection of Diop’s essays, scholarly summaries and reviews, and interviews with Diop. It also includes materials connected to Diop’s presence in America, including invitations, letters, speeches, and commemorative declarations, followed by bibliographic and editorial appendices.

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CategoryLiterature

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Pages388

Reading Time9 h 58 min

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Introduction

Death Shall Not Find Us Thinking That We Die

IMPRESSIONS OF DIOP

Conversations with Diop and Tsegaye: The Nile Valley Revisited

Meeting the Pharaoh

THE WORKS OF DIOP: A SELECTION OF ESSAYS

Origin of the Ancient Egyptians

Iron in the Ancient Egyptian Empire

Africa's Contribution to the Exact Sciences

THE WORKS OF DIOP: SUMMARIES, ASSESSMENTS AND REVIEWS

The Changing Perception of C.A. Diop and His Work

The Cultural Unity of Black Africa

Cheikh Anta Diop and the New Concept of African History

The African Origin of Civilization: Myth or Reality?

Dr. Diop on Asia

Civilization or Barbarism

The Introduction and First Two Chapters from His Last Book

INTERVIEWS WITH DIOP

Further Conversations with the Pharaoh

Interview with Cheikh Anta Diop

Interviews with Carlos Moore

Listervelt Middleton Interviews Diop

Nile Valley Executive Committee Interviews Diop

DIOP IN AMERICA

Letters of Invitation to Diop

Cheikh Anta Diop's First Visit to the United States

Speech by Cheikh Anta Diop

Mayoral Proclamation Declaring April 4 as Cheikh Anta Diop Day

The Beginnings of Man and Civilization

Cheikh Anta Diop in America: An Overview

Appendix and Editorial Material

Bibliography: Critical Essays and Publications by Cheikh Anta Diop

Appendix: Letters to the Editor

Biographical Notes on Contributors

GREATAFRICANTHINKERS CHEIKH ANTA DIOP editorIVAN VAN SERTIMA . %.1 CHEIKH ANTA DIOP Co-Editor ofThis Special Issue:Larry Williams editorIVAN VAN SERTIMA Morehouse College Edition Third printing,1989. Copyright C 1986 by the Journal of African Civilizations Ltd.,Inc, All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Con-ventions.No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any formor by any means,electronic or mechanical,including photocopy,recording,or any information storage and retrieval system,without prior permission inwriting from the publisher.All inquiries should be addressed to TransactionBooks,Rutgers—The State University,New Brunswick,New Jersey 08903. ISSN 0270-2495 ISBN0-88738-680-6(paper)Printed in the United States of America Cover design by Jacqueline Patten-Van Sertima GREAT AFRICAN THINKERS, VoL.1:CHEIKH ANTA DIOP Incorporating JOURNAL OF AFRICAN CIVILIZATIONS, June 1986(Vol.8, No.1) Contents Introduction:Death Shall Not Find Us Thinking That We Die Ivan Van Sertima …………………… ····· Acknowledgements ……… IMPRESSIONS OF DIOP Conversations with Diop and Tsegaye: The Nile Valley Revisited ………………………………………19 Jan Carew …………………………………… Meeting the Pharaoh ……………………………………28 Charles S. Finch ……………………………… THE WORKS OF DIOP: A SELECTION OF ESSAYS Origin of the Ancient Egyptians Cheikh Anta Diop………………………………………………………………………………………………………………35 Iron in the Ancient Egyptian Empire Cheikh Anta Diop, translated by Darryl Prevost ………………………………………64 Africa's Contribution to the Exact Sciences Cheikh Anta Diop, translated by Irene D'Almeida ………………………………………74 THE WORKS OF DIOP: SUMMARIES, ASSESSMENTS AND REVIEWS The Changing Perception of C.A.Diop and His Work: The Preeminence of a Scientific Spirit James G.Spady ……… …………………………89 The Cultural Unity of Black Africa: The Domains of Patriarchy and of Matriarchy in Classical Antiquity Asa G.Hilliard III …………………………………102 ··· Cheikh Anta Diop and the New Concept of African History ……………………………………………………110 John Henrik Clarke ········· The African Origin of Civilization: Myth or Reality? …………………………………………………………118 Review by A.J. Williams-Myers ………………………… Dr. Diop on Asia: Highlights and Insights Runoko Rashidi …………………………………………………… ………………………………………127 Civilization or Barbarism:The Legacy of Cheikh Anta Diop Review and Summary by Leonard Jeffries Jr. …………………………………146 The Introduction and First Two Chapters from His Last Book, Civilization or Barbarism: An Authentic Anthropology Cheikh Anta Diop, translated by Edward F. Taylor……………………………………161 INTERVIEWS WITH DIOP Further Conversations with the Pharaoh Charles S. Finch (for Journal of African Civilizations)……………………………227 Interview with Cheikh Anta Diop Shawna Moore (for Black Books Bulletin) …………………………………………………………238 Interviews with Carlos Moore(for Afriscope): Africa's Political Unity; Obstacles to Emancipation and Unity; Culture, Negritude and the African Personality;Ethnicity and National Consciousness;and Africa and Modern Technology ……………………………………………249 Listervelt Middleton Interviews Diop(for South Carolina's Educational Television) Translated by Elizabeth Clement …………………………………………………………………………………284 Nile Valley Executive Committee Interviews Diop Translated by Elizabeth Clement and Irene D'Almeida ……………………………289 DIOP IN AMERICA Letters of Invitation to Diop Lawrence Edward Carter, Sr., Hugh M. Gloster, …………………………………………304 and Andrew Young Cheikh Anta Diop's First Visit to the United States Lawrence Edward Carter, Sr. …………………………309 Citation to Cheikh Anta Diop Hugh M. Gloster …………………………………315 Speech by Cheikh Anta Diop on Receiving an Honorary Doctorate from Morehouse College Translated by Elizabeth Clement ………………… …………………………………………………319 Mayoral Proclamation Declaring April 4 as Cheikh Anta Diop Day Mayor Andrew Young ………………………… …………

FAQs

What is the focus of Great African Thinkers Volume I: Cheikh Anta Diop?

It centers on Cheikh Anta Diop through introductions, impressions, a selection of essays, scholarly summaries and reviews, and interviews, with additional material connected to Diop in America.

What types of sections are included in this volume?

The table of contents groups material into an introduction, impressions, the works of Diop (essays), summaries/assessments/reviews, interviews, and Diop-related materials from America, followed by bibliographic and editorial content.

Are there writings and interviews by or about Cheikh Anta Diop?

Yes. The volume includes Diop’s selected essays and translated works, as well as interview sections featuring Diop and conversations with Diop by named contributors.

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