Inventing Africa
Inventing Africa is a critical account of narratives which have selectively interpreted and misinterpreted the continent's deep past. Writers have created alluring images of lost cities, vast prehistoric migrations and golden ages of past civilisations. Debates continue on the African origins of hu...
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2021
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| description | Inventing Africa is a critical account of narratives which have selectively interpreted and misinterpreted the continent's deep past.
Writers have created alluring images of lost cities, vast prehistoric migrations and golden ages of past civilisations. Debates continue on the African origins of humankind, the contributions of ancient Egypt to the world and Africa's importance to global history.
Images of 'Africa', simplifying a complex and diverse continent, have existed from ancient Mediterranean worlds, slave trading nations and colonial powers to today's political elites, ecotourists and aid-givers. Robin Derricourt draws on his background as publisher and practitioner in archaeology and history to explore the limits and the dangers of simplifications, arguing - as with Said's concept of 'Orientalism' - that ambitious ideas can delude or oppress as well as inform.
Defending Africa against some of the grand narratives that have been imposed upon its peoples, Inventing Africa will spark new debates in the history of Africa and of archaeology. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-347252025-07-31T06:25:57Z Inventing Africa Derricourt, Robin History Africa General thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHH African history Inventing Africa is a critical account of narratives which have selectively interpreted and misinterpreted the continent's deep past. Writers have created alluring images of lost cities, vast prehistoric migrations and golden ages of past civilisations. Debates continue on the African origins of humankind, the contributions of ancient Egypt to the world and Africa's importance to global history. Images of 'Africa', simplifying a complex and diverse continent, have existed from ancient Mediterranean worlds, slave trading nations and colonial powers to today's political elites, ecotourists and aid-givers. Robin Derricourt draws on his background as publisher and practitioner in archaeology and history to explore the limits and the dangers of simplifications, arguing - as with Said's concept of 'Orientalism' - that ambitious ideas can delude or oppress as well as inform. Defending Africa against some of the grand narratives that have been imposed upon its peoples, Inventing Africa will spark new debates in the history of Africa and of archaeology. 2021-02-10T14:19:49Z 2021-02-10T14:19:49Z 2020-12-15T14:23:22Z 2011 book https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/44090 9781783713608 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/34725 eng open access image/png image/png n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/44090/1/external_content.epub https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/44090/1/external_content.epub Pluto Press Pluto Press cdf55516-7e48-4edb-898e-73aa7305a12c Knowledge Unlatched 9781783713608 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) KU Select 2019: HSS Backlist Books Pluto Press open access |
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