Precolonial African Material Culture presents a comprehensive challenge to the long-held myth of the inherent backwardness of technology and material culture in sub-Saharan Africa. It revisits the history of early and late precolonial technology in Africa and explores its impacts on the wider world.
Precolonial African Material Culture presents a comprehensive challenge to the long-held myth of the inherent backwardness of technology and material culture in sub-Saharan Africa. It revisits the history of early and late precolonial technology in Africa and explores its impacts on the wider world.
V. Tarikhu Farrar is professor of African American studies and history at City College of San Francisco.
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Preface: Technology and the Black Peoples Part One Africa: A Continent without History, Progress, or Native Genius: The Origins of a Legend Chapter :1 Narratives on Precolonial African Material Culture and Technology: A Lesson in the Evolution of an Idea in the Cauldron of Modern Race Theory Chapter 2: Perceptions of Technological Backwardness in Precolonial Africa in the Late Twentieth Century: Some Africanist Views Chapter 3: Africans in the Eyes of Others Across Time: From the Ancient World to the Enlightenment Chapter 4: The Origins of Modern Race Theory and the Theory of Socio-cultural Evolution, c. 1680-1800: The Enlightenment Chapter 5: The Convergence and Crystallization of Modern Race Theory and Socio-Cultural Evolution: c. 1800-1900 Chapter 6: Racial Models of African History and Culture in the Twentieth Century: c. 1900-1975 Chapter 7: A Critical Look at Some Theories of Precolonial African Technological Development Part Two Aspects of Technology and the Material Conditions of Lif
Preface: Technology and the Black Peoples Part One Africa: A Continent without History, Progress, or Native Genius: The Origins of a Legend Chapter :1 Narratives on Precolonial African Material Culture and Technology: A Lesson in the Evolution of an Idea in the Cauldron of Modern Race Theory Chapter 2: Perceptions of Technological Backwardness in Precolonial Africa in the Late Twentieth Century: Some Africanist Views Chapter 3: Africans in the Eyes of Others Across Time: From the Ancient World to the Enlightenment Chapter 4: The Origins of Modern Race Theory and the Theory of Socio-cultural Evolution, c. 1680-1800: The Enlightenment Chapter 5: The Convergence and Crystallization of Modern Race Theory and Socio-Cultural Evolution: c. 1800-1900 Chapter 6: Racial Models of African History and Culture in the Twentieth Century: c. 1900-1975 Chapter 7: A Critical Look at Some Theories of Precolonial African Technological Development Part Two Aspects of Technology and the Material Conditions of Lif
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