jari
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Post by jari on Apr 11, 2013 11:21:36 GMT -5
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Post by anansi on Apr 11, 2013 23:35:52 GMT -5
Looks like a good read will be making that trip to the book store.
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Post by jari on Apr 12, 2013 10:52:58 GMT -5
Brada try to grab it off Amazon as it is about 20 bucks cheaper. Amazon has good deals another book I wanted(called United by Design Nantuckett) was again about 20 bucks cheaper. Also I think the book is under free Shipping. Anyway I should have made the point to say this thread is for us to provide a list of books we think every scholar of Africana and or History should read.. so here goes some more.. The Hidden Treasures of Timbuktu: Rediscovering Africa's Literary Culturewww.amazon.com/The-Hidden-Treasures-Timbuktu-Rediscovering/dp/0500514216/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pd_S_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=KXA3KUKT2YL1&coliid=I1JCFIDU72IX5FPrice: $28.42 & FREE Shipping. Details You Save: $21.58 (43%) (wow the Price dropped from 50 to 30 bucks..nice) 4.8 out of 5 stars-Review via Amazon Readers..
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Post by zarahan on Mar 13, 2014 18:26:28 GMT -5
Something by Keita would be good. He appears in several books but cant remember a stand-alone text with him as main author..
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Post by anansi on May 7, 2014 22:58:37 GMT -5
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Post by djoser-xyyman on May 8, 2014 13:54:54 GMT -5
I will include on the list:
1. Black Skin White Mask – Fanon 2. The West And the Rest of Us. – Chenweizu
I especially like No. 2 – Both were eye openers to me . The world politics is NOT dominated by Race or Racism. Racism is the end product of Economics ie Wealth. Bottomline. There is no democracy, socialism, Islam, Christian etc. only economics. If Africa becomes the greatest economic power today everyone will want to be black and African. Just as the Greeks 2000 years ago!!
There are others, if anyone needs more information and insight let me know.
Black Skin White mask – is great on a personal level.
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Post by zarahan on May 11, 2014 0:00:02 GMT -5
Thanks for that great link Anansi- great to have it on PDF- a classic work I think I read bout 30 years ago by CLR James. Great find. 2. The West And the Rest of Us. – Chenweizu Never saw this one before. I'll check it out xyz |
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Post by anastasiaescrava on May 11, 2014 17:30:30 GMT -5
Has anyone read the "Encyclopedia of African religions" by molefi Asante? I really want that book but it's 300-400 bucks!
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Post by anansi on May 12, 2014 19:56:29 GMT -5
Has anyone read the "Encyclopedia of African religions" by molefi Asante? I really want that book but it's 300-400 bucks! Is that Ebay's price??
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Post by anastasiaescrava on May 13, 2014 15:23:23 GMT -5
Has anyone read the "Encyclopedia of African religions" by molefi Asante? I really want that book but it's 300-400 bucks! Is that Ebay's price?? The person who is selling it is charging that much. Same for Amazon.com.
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Post by nebsen on Jul 30, 2014 17:24:33 GMT -5
www.amazon.com/Ancient-Nubia-African-Kingdoms-Nile/dp/9774164784/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1406756589&sr=1-1&keywords=nubiaI got this beautiful book" Ancient Nubia: African kingdom On The Nile" with Photographs by noted African American photographer Chester Higgins & forward by Zahi Hawass,( which I could stomach ) last year. This book won best winner Archaeology & Anthropology 2012. What I really like about this book is that it gives one all the up to date excavations & archaeology findings that has & still taking place in the Sudan concerning ancient Nubia, by some well know Nubiologist like David O' Connor & Robert G. Morkot; to those less well known at least to myself, such as Susan K. Doll who wrote on " Text & Writing" in Ancient Nubia, which I found thrilling to read esp. about the deciphering of the Meroitic Script ( she give me HOPE for the near future) . Every aspect of Nubian life is covered in this wonderful book. I highly recommend this coffee table book on Ancient Nubia, it would be a great gift to family, & friend as well as ones self !
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Post by zarahan on Jul 30, 2014 20:29:21 GMT -5
No doubt Hawass liked to do the foreword as the book was "confined" to "Nubia". How much does the book talk about Egyptian - Nubian links given that the 2 peoples are the most closely related in the region?
How much deals with meriotic Nubia?
How do they handle the possibility of the early Nubian culture playing an integral part in state formation in southern Egypt?
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Post by nebsen on Jul 30, 2014 20:39:04 GMT -5
No doubt Hawass liked to do the foreword as the book was "confined" to "Nubia". How much does the book talk about Egyptian - Nubian links given that the 2 peoples are the most closely related in the region? How much deals with meriotic Nubia? How do they handle the possibility of the early Nubian culture playing an integral part in state formation in southern Egypt? Because this book has contributions from many archaeologist, I found the tone overall most " contemporary" in terms that you had writers in this book alluding to a linkage with Egypt in a matter of fact tone. Than you had others that were more Status Quo such as Robert G. Morkot who are going to be very conservative which is, to be some what expected. Than their were others who were very" progressive" in talking about the linkage, in fact some contributors talked about the synergy between the two, in which they both Nubia & Egypt,( with Nubia in the lead more than most know;) helped shape & influence each other . But this book is about Nubia, which needs the attention. In terms of the wealth of knowledge about ancient Nubia, this book is as up to date as we have at the present time. It is a wonderful book by very passionate people who I could tell really love this ancient culture. Yes, they do deal with all stages of Kush- Nubia including Meriotic Nubia. I'm very pleased to add this book to my growing library on ancient Nubia.
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Post by anansi on Nov 10, 2015 0:14:40 GMT -5
An old book now online of which Joel A Rogers drew from A Tropical Dependency www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook_text/A_Tropical_Dependency_1000119765/5CONTENTS I. Introductory II. Conquest of North Ap^rica and Spain by the III. Arab Civilisation in Spain IV. The Empire of "The Two Shores". V. African Rule in Spain VI. Decline of Mohammedan Power in Spain VII. Spanish Arabs in Africa . VIII. The Soudanese States IX. Negroland and the Western Arabs X. Berber and Black XL The Trade of Ghana XII. Morabite Conquest of the Soudan . XIII. Ghana and Timbuctoo XIV. The Mellestine XV. Mansa Musa XVI. Ibn Batuta in Melle XVII. Administration of the Mellestine . XVIII. Meeting of Eastern and Western Influence upon the Niger XIX. Rise of the Songhay Empire . XX. Military Conquests of Sonni Ali . XXI. AsKiA Mohammed Abou Bekr . XXII. Songhay under Askia the Great XXIII. Songhay under Askia the Great {conti7iued) XXIV. The Later Askias XXV. Ancient Connection of Haussaland with Valley of the Nile . XXVI. The Pharaohs in Haussaland . XXVII. The Haussa States . XXVIII. The Domination of Kano 50 58 67 73 78 83 90 T42 153 163 174 181 The book includes this gem
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Post by nebsen on Nov 10, 2015 4:56:08 GMT -5
Looks like a good read will be making that trip to the book store. It is a fantastic book ! I posted about it in the spring, because I got it as a birthday gift. So much excellent information on how Africans viewed the cosmos, starting with ancient Egypt going into West, East, South Africa. I'm still reading it, for it is a feast for the mind as well as the soul , so many wonderful color pictures . What I really love about this book is learning about the different myths that different cultural groups in Africa had about the cosmos & there Gods. I highly recommend this book as I did in April.
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