Inventing Africa history, archaeology and ideas
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...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Pluto Press
2011.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009430292906719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The construction of African pasts
- The changing shape and perception of "Africa"
- Mythic and mystic Africa
- Looking both ways : the enigma of Raymond Dart
- Egos and fossils
- Stirring the gene pool : human ancestors from Africa to the wider world
- Ancient Egypt and African sources of civilisation
- Old states good, new states bad
- The present of the past.
