Civilization or Barbarism: An Authentic Anthropology

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Summary: Nothing but the truth
Review: All one has to do is to read this great piece of literary work to see what Diop is talking about. For thousands of years we have been cheated and lied to about our history, it is only through research that the truth prevails. There has never been a positive book about African history untill African history is written by it's own...the African...Thank you Diop for daring to do what no man has ever done before. From the very onset of written history, the black has always been depicted as a simpleton, someone incapable of thinking for himself, someone dependent on 'massa' for dear life. Cheikh Anta Diop not only dispels these lies, he also brought to light the truth about black history...the glorious history of our ancestors from time unknown. Reading the book is so uplifting and so educating that one has to read it to experience our history. It is only normal to receive criticism on this wonderful piece. It is with great difficulty and pain that 'they' have to respond to save face. Even though Dr Cheikh Anta Diop is no more with us, his writings will do the talking. To all people of African decent, please read this book and find out what you have never been taught in school. To all the negative critics that hate to see anything positive about black people I'd say...EAT YOUR HEARTS OUT!!.

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Summary: A masterpiece of scholarship
Review: Diop demonstrates his multidisciplinary genius in this book. His scientific approach leaves no stone unturned, even when dealing with linguistics. He addresses so many topics, from the origins of civilisation to political and social organisation in ancient states. I especially treasure the chapters on Africa's contribution to humanity in sciences and philosophy. A real eye-opener. Mostly French speaking authors are referenced and critiqued though. It's a shame there aren't more African scholars following Diop's lines of research.

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Summary: Frank doesn't have a clue.
Review: Diop's is an african scholar who deserves to be a part of every person of african descents library. I take offense to frank stallone's obvious byass and limited views. He is obviously not a person of african descent and is unable to grasp the full meaning of Diop's work. If you are not interested in truth and the upliftment of the african peoples then this book is not for you.

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Summary: A Great World Historian--Cheikh Anta Diop!
Review: No matter what anyone says, Cheikh Anta Diop's works continue to shake up the world, especially the world of academia. Until the book started to get taught in colleges and universities around the globe, no one took his work seriously. Now, historians like Martin Bernal and others have used his work as a premise for their own academic contributions, such as Black Athena. Never forget this man from an African country called Senegal who started it all, to benefit and enlighten the whole world. I have given this book as a gift to anyone who is vaguely interested about world history AS IT SHOULD BE TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS! This book and all of Cheikh Anta Diop's works are HEAVYWEIGHTS!!!! I highly recommend this book to all!

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Summary: No wonder there is Racism!!!!
Review: Reading this book, by a profound author by the name of Cheikh Anta Diop, as well as other great books by other great authors, leads one to understand why there is racism, for example Diop talks about life and how it started in Africa, beginning with Australopithecus,Homo habilis, Homo erectus, Homo Sabiens Sapiens then the Grimaldi Negro and the migration to Europe, you see Caucasians have only been in existence for about 20,00 years, and during Diops time they were denying that, and saying that Europe was the origin of life, and it was so racist during that time, that Anthropologist and Archaeologist got together and totally fabricated and created fake fossils better know as the "Piltdown Man, and even if you don't but this book do a engine search on that name (www.yahoo.com or www.google.com) and you will read about how hard racist tried to cover up the origin of history, the book also talks about how Arabs,Chinese,Latinos,Japanese, etc... came into existence, I wont spoil the beans for you but this is by far one of the best books that I have ever read, Diop does a good job with refuting racist philosophers, and one more note it is time for people to stop believing in His-Story and read real History, because you saw how they are still trying to depict Jesus like an European, and it clearly states in Rev 1:14,15 that he had woolly hair and bronze feet, so you see racism is still here Brothers and Sisters.

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Summary: Astoundingly Afrikan!
Review: There isn't much more to say on to the wonderful reviews posted by others here. I will say that this book helped changed my life along with Marimba Ani's "Let the Circle Be Unbroken" and her profound and classic "Yurugu". These books reveal not only the profundity of Afrikan thought but also the concerted, calculated, and evil lies of Eurocentric racist scholarship in all fields of knowing. This book is a must have for those wishing to restore Afrikan consciousness to its rightful place.

I also suggest the book "Iwakeri: The Quest for Afrikan Spirituality" written by a priest in the West Afrikan traditions. His works are based upon a lot of the historical understanding provided by Ancestor Diop. You can find out about his book at the site "New Afrikan Vodun" at http://navodun.ref.by.

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Summary: Profound, Profound, Profound!
Review: This book lays it down as well as his precursor to this one called "African Origins of Civilization: Myth or Reality". If Afrikan people throughout the world, whether in the Usa or in South Africa, would really pay attention to what is being said in this book many will automatically return to their own traditions and stop playing the cultural children of the world. African people should give praises for an Ancestor like the great "Pharoah" Cheik Anta Diop!

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Summary: Question
Review: This book lays it down as well as his precursor to this one called "African Origins of Civilization: Myth or Reality". If Afrikan people throughout the world, whether in the Usa or in South Africa, would really pay attention to what is being said in this book many will automatically return to their own traditions and stop playing the cultural children of the world. African people should give praises for an Ancestor like the great "Pharoah" Cheik Anta Diop!

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Summary: A literary heavyweight.
Review: This is yet another great work from Diop. This book allows the serious scholar to navigate through the web of lies perpetuated by European historians, for Europe's benefit. As we have seen recently, with the Jessica Lynch lies, as well as the lies that led up to start of the Iraq war (invasion), the astute person of African descent will get their information on black history from black people. Otherwise, you'll never know that many of the Greek "greats" lived in Africa for considerable portions of their life, while learning the African mystery system. This system they took back to Greek, and used as the impetus for the Greek "miracle", without giving their Egyptians teachers any credit at all. We rely on the Greeks themselves to expound on the many sojourns in Egypt by Greece's greatest scholars.

Selam