Description: READINGS IN PRECOLONIAL CENTRAL AFRICA THEOPHILE OBENGA KARNAK HISTORY AFRICAN STUDIES From the FOREWORD AIthough assembled for the needs of Higher Education, the texts that make up this collection can nevertheless be used for high school education and are essentially aimed at the teaching of African history - the methodical and precise study of documents. Beyond this pedagogical function, these texts may also be of interest to all who desire first hand information on the human past of Central Africa before the advent of colonization. What is important and original about this collection is that the texts deal with social facts, with forces of production, with economic yields social classes, material and economic life, which in cffect constitute the bases of political, religious and philosophical concepts. Thophile Obenga, Ph.D. Visiting Professor. Temple University author of African Philosophy during the Period of the Pharaohs 2780 - 330 BC THE AUTHOR Thophile Obenga was born in the Congo and was educated there and in France, Switzerland, and the USA. He has qualifications in philoso- phy. history. cducation, anthropology, linguistics, and Egyplology. He is a member of the French Egyptological Association. ISBN 0-907015-97-2 51395 CoverArt: Saakana
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Publication Year: 1995
Series: Precolonial Africa
Type: Textbook
Format: Trade Paperback
Subject Area: History of Architecture, Human Geography, Information Management, Land Economy, Military History, Modern History, Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy of Science, Political Philosophy, Political Science
Language: English
Publication Name: Readings In Precolonial Central Africa
Author: Theophile Obenga
Educational Level: Adult & Further Education
Level: Advanced
Publisher: Karnak House
Subject: History, Philosophy, Prehistory, Production, Religion
