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Born in Blackness
Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War
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ISBN-13:
9781324092407
Veröffentl:
2022
Erscheinungsdatum:
25.10.2022
Seiten:
499
Autor:
Howard W. French
Gewicht:
422 g
Format:
207x145x25 mm
Serie:
Liveright
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Howard W. French is a professor of journalism at Columbia University and a former New York Times bureau chief for the Caribbean and Central America, West and Central Africa, Tokyo, and Shanghai. The author of five books, French lives in New York City.
Revealing the central yet intentionally obliterated role of Africa in the creation of modernity, Born in Blackness vitally reframes our understanding of world history.
In a sweeping narrative that traverses 600 years, one that eloquently weaves precise historical detail with poignant personal reportage, Pulitzer Prize finalist Howard W. French retells the story of medieval and emerging Africa, demonstrating how the economic ascendancy of Europe, the anchoring of democracy in America and the fulfillment of so-called Enlightenment ideals all grew out of Europe's dehumanising engagement with the "darkest" continent.