Civilization or Barbarism: An Authentic Anthropology

by Cheikh Anta Diop

Book Overview

Challenging societal beliefs, this volume rethinks African and world history from an Afrocentric perspective. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1556520484
• ISBN13: 9781556520488
• Release Date: April 1991
• Publisher: Lawrence Hill Books
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Sheikh Anta Diop. Scholar, sage and historian.

Diop shows how the African people of Egypt not only built the pyramids but were engineers, and scientists who employed a plethora of scientific methods and disciplines. The reader however must have an extensive vocabulary and be prepared to pay full attention to this fine scholar. His ideas of conspiracies to falsify history are clearly expressed leaving the reader with an explanation of the why, the what and whom.

Master piece of African Civilization.

One of the best book, i have ever read in my life. I recommend this book to anyone willing to know more about the origin of races on one hand, and African's contribution to the civilization on the other hand.

Don't listen to reviews that don't actually talk about the book!

Funny how most of the 1 star reviewers never deal with the facts of whats stated in the book. Even if they do have valid issues, where are the counter references beyond, he (C.A. Diop) is wrong just because YOU say so. They make it sound as though he made up all he had to say in this EXTREMELY POWERFUL WORK with no references to other "noted" scholars and no use of scientific methods of research. They write as though C.A. diop himself isn't an Egyptologist and Scientist who ran the Radiocarbon Laboratory in Dakar. I would like to know what counter body of work exists that can compete with this one? Perhaps the 1 star reviewers should read the works of Gerald Massey, C.F Volney, Albert Churchward, Stanley Lane Poole, Martin Bernal, Michael Bradley and even Alexander Von Wuthenau to get a comprehensive "White" Scholars view of why The PERSPECTIVE of C.A. Diop and other noted African Scholars like him exist. An, in regards to Gerald Massey...I have yet to see anyone seriously challenge his body of work!!! Mary Lefkowitz or otherwise! I wonder why that is!

No wonder there is Racism!!!!

Reading this book, by a profound author by the name of Cheikh Anta Diop, as well as other great books by other great authors, leads one to understand why there is racism, for example Diop talks about life and how it started in Africa, beginning with Australopithecus,Homo habilis, Homo erectus, Homo Sabiens Sapiens then the Grimaldi Negro and the migration to Europe, you see Caucasians have only been in existence for about 20,00 years, and during Diops time they were denying that, and saying that Europe was the origin of life, and it was so racist during that time, that Anthropologist and Archaeologist got together and totally fabricated and created fake fossils better know as the "Piltdown Man, and even if you don't but this book do a engine search on that name (www.yahoo.com or www.google.com) and you will read about how hard racist tried to cover up the origin of history, the book also talks about how Arabs,Chinese,Latinos,Japanese, etc... came into existence, I wont spoil the beans for you but this is by far one of the best books that I have ever read, Diop does a good job with refuting racist philosophers, and one more note it is time for people to stop believing in His-Story and read real History, because you saw how they are still trying to depict Jesus like an European, and it clearly states in Rev 1:14,15 that he had woolly hair and bronze feet, so you see racism is still here Brothers and Sisters.

A masterpiece of scholarship

Diop demonstrates his multidisciplinary genius in this book. His scientific approach leaves no stone unturned, even when dealing with linguistics. He addresses so many topics, from the origins of civilisation to political and social organisation in ancient states. I especially treasure the chapters on Africa's contribution to humanity in sciences and philosophy. A real eye-opener. Mostly French speaking authors are referenced and critiqued though. It's a shame there aren't more African scholars following Diop's lines of research.

Unbelievably complete, no stone is left unturned

The chapter on Cultural Identity is as powerful and complete as anything I have ever read. Truly one of the greatest thinkers of our time