AFRICAN PRESENCE IN EARLY ASIA Akashic Books Under Sankara’s leadership

Under Sankara’s leadership

the people of Algeria changed centuries-old cultural patterns and embraced certain ancient cultural practices long derided by their colonialist oppressors as primitive

Ponce de Leon went to Florida mainly to capture Native Americans as slaves for Hispaniola

Winner of the 1996 American Book Award and the Oliver Cromwell Cox Award for Distinguished Anti-Racist Scholarship Americans have lost touch with their history

The later chapters cover her years in and out of formal Liberian politics

AFRICAN PRESENCE IN EARLY ASIA Akashic Books Under Sankara’s leadershipContributors to this volume argue that blacks were a formative civilizing influence on Asian societies. Presenting their case with persuasive eloquence and research, the authors examine cultural forms, art motifs, weapons, scripts, and skeletal evidence to link Asian civilizations to Africa's Nile Valley. Articles detail both the physical and cultural presence of Africans in Asia. Topics covered include the black presence and heavy intermittent