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The History of Africa

This book provides a wide ranging history of Africa from earliest prehistory to the present day. Much African historiography has been about writing Africa for Europe without writing Africa for itself, as itself, from its own perspectives. In this book, the perspectives of Africans take centre stage. It uses the cultural, social, political, and economic lenses of Africa as instruments to illuninate the ordinary lives of Africans.

The Afrocentric Manifesto

Asante's Afrocentric philosophy has become one of the most persistent influences in the social sciences and humanities over the past three decades. Asante examines and explores the cultural perspective closest to the existential reality of African people in order to present an innovative interpretation on the modern issues confronting contemporary society. Thus, this book engages the major critiques of Afrocentricity, defends the necessity for African people to view themselves as agents instead of as objects on the fringes of Europe, and proposes a more democratic framework for human relationships.