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Inventing Africa : History, Archaeology and Ideas by Robin M. Derricourt is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Inventing Africa : History, Archaeology and Ideas about?
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 Mediterran
Who reads Inventing Africa : History, Archaeology and Ideas?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Robin M. Derricourt
- Publisher
- Distributed in the United States of America exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, Pluto Press
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781849645836
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Sociology, History, Humanities
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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