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Finch ………………………………  \nTHE WORKS OF DIOP: A SELECTION OF ESSAYS  \nOrigin of the Ancient Egyptians  \nCheikh Anta Diop………………………………………………………………………………………………………………35  \nIron in the Ancient Egyptian Empire  \nCheikh Anta Diop, translated by Darryl Prevost ………………………………………64  \nAfrica's Contribution to the Exact Sciences  \nCheikh Anta Diop, translated by Irene D'Almeida ………………………………………74  \nTHE WORKS OF DIOP: SUMMARIES, ASSESSMENTS AND REVIEWS  \nThe Changing Perception of C.A.Diop and His Work:  \nThe Preeminence of a Scientific Spirit  \nJames G.Spady ………  \n…………………………89  \nThe Cultural Unity of Black Africa: The Domains of Patriarchy  \nand of Matriarchy in Classical Antiquity  \nAsa G.Hilliard III  \n…………………………………102  \n···  \nCheikh Anta Diop and the New Concept of African History  \n……………………………………………………110  \nJohn Henrik Clarke  \n·········  \nThe African Origin of Civilization: Myth or Reality?  \n…………………………………………………………118  \nReview by A.J. Williams-Myers …………………………  \nDr. Diop on Asia: Highlights and Insights  \nRunoko Rashidi ……………………………………………………  \n………………………………………127  \nCivilization or Barbarism:The Legacy of Cheikh Anta Diop  \nReview and Summary by Leonard Jeffries Jr. …………………………………146  \nThe Introduction and First Two Chapters from His Last Book,  \nCivilization or Barbarism: An Authentic Anthropology  \nCheikh Anta Diop, translated by Edward F. Taylor……………………………………161  \nINTERVIEWS WITH DIOP  \nFurther Conversations with the Pharaoh  \nCharles S. Finch (for Journal of African Civilizations)……………………………227  \nInterview with Cheikh Anta Diop  \nShawna Moore (for Black Books Bulletin) …………………………………………………………238  \nInterviews with Carlos Moore(for Afriscope): Africa's Political  \nUnity; Obstacles to Emancipation and Unity; Culture, Negritude  \nand the African Personality;Ethnicity and National  \nConsciousness;and Africa and Modern Technology ……………………………………………249  \nListervelt Middleton Interviews Diop(for South Carolina's  \nEducational Television)  \nTranslated by Elizabeth Clement …………………………………………………………………………………284  \nNile Valley Executive Committee Interviews Diop  \nTranslated by Elizabeth Clement and Irene D'Almeida ……………………………289  \nDIOP IN AMERICA  \nLetters of Invitation to Diop  \nLawrence Edward Carter, Sr., Hugh M. Gloster,  \n…………………………………………304  \nand Andrew Young  \nCheikh Anta Diop's First Visit to the United States  \nLawrence Edward Carter, Sr.  \n…………………………309  \nCitation to Cheikh Anta Diop  \nHugh M. Gloster  \n…………………………………315  \nSpeech by Cheikh Anta Diop on Receiving  \nan Honorary Doctorate from Morehouse College  \nTranslated by Elizabeth Clement …………………  \n…………………………………………………319  \nMayoral Proclamation Declaring April 4 as  \nCheikh Anta Diop Day  \nMayor Andrew Young …………………………  \n…………","cbCaifivwlGBvJS6","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaifivwlGBvJS6","pdf",36846691,388,"English","# Introduction\n## Death Shall Not Find Us Thinking That We Die\n# IMPRESSIONS OF DIOP\n## Conversations with Diop and Tsegaye: The Nile Valley Revisited\n## Meeting the Pharaoh\n# THE WORKS OF DIOP: A SELECTION OF ESSAYS\n## Origin of the Ancient Egyptians\n## Iron in the Ancient Egyptian Empire\n## Africa's Contribution to the Exact Sciences\n# THE WORKS OF DIOP: SUMMARIES, ASSESSMENTS AND REVIEWS\n## The Changing Perception of C.A. Diop and His Work\n## The Cultural Unity of Black Africa\n## Cheikh Anta Diop and the New Concept of African History\n## The African Origin of Civilization: Myth or Reality?\n## Dr. Diop on Asia\n## Civilization or Barbarism\n## The Introduction and First Two Chapters from His Last Book\n# INTERVIEWS WITH DIOP\n## Further Conversations with the Pharaoh\n## Interview with Cheikh Anta Diop\n## Interviews with Carlos Moore\n## Listervelt Middleton Interviews Diop\n## Nile Valley Executive Committee Interviews Diop\n# DIOP IN AMERICA\n## Letters of Invitation to Diop\n## Cheikh Anta Diop's First Visit to the United States\n## Speech by Cheikh Anta Diop\n## Mayoral Proclamation Declaring April 4 as Cheikh Anta Diop Day\n## The Beginnings of Man and Civilization\n## Cheikh Anta Diop in America: An Overview\n# Appendix and Editorial Material\n## Bibliography: Critical Essays and Publications by Cheikh Anta Diop\n## Appendix: Letters to the Editor\n## Biographical Notes on Contributors","[{\"question\":\"What is the focus of Great African Thinkers Volume I: Cheikh Anta Diop?\",\"answer\":\"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.\"},{\"question\":\"What types of sections are included in this volume?\",\"answer\":\"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.\"},{\"question\":\"Are there writings and interviews by or about Cheikh Anta Diop?\",\"answer\":\"Yes. 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