African Athena: New Agendas

by Gurminder K. Bhambra and Tessa Roynon

The appearance of Martin Bernal's Black Athena: The Afro-Asian Roots of Classical Civilization in 1987 sparked intense debate and controversy in Africa, Europe, and North America. His detailed genealogy of the 'fabrication of Greece' and his claims for the influence of ancient African and Near
Eastern cultures on the making of classical Greece, questioned many intellectuals' assumptions about the nature of ancient history.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199595003
• ISBN13: 9780199595006
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.6" x 8.5"