African GeniusOhio University Press, 1 sty 2005 - 384 The African Genius presents the ideas, social systems, religions, moral values, arts, and metaphysics of a range of African peoples. Basil Davidson points toward the Africa that might emerge from an ancient civilization that was overlaid and battered by colonialism, then torn apart by the upheaval of colonialism’s dismantlement. Davidson disputes the notion that Africa gained under colonialism by entering the modern world. He sees, instead, an ancient order replaced by modern dysfunction. Davidson’s depiction of the sophisticated “native genius” that has carried Africans through centuries of change is vital to an understanding of modern Africa as well. |
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Basil Davidson. Civilisation is the humanisation of man in society Matthew Amold in The Oxford English Dictionary Contents Prologue . A SCATTERED WISDOM PART ONE . AFRICA'S.
... times until now. Lastly, to fit these aspects of African civilisation into their modern perspective as the connected parts of a living whole. Illustrations Map Approximate location of sixty-four peoples mentioned in this.
... Civilisation imagined by the more conservative Victorians, with Europe at the peak and zenith of the line, the Africans were simply not in the race. Perhaps they had once set out, though this was more than doubtful: if so, they had long ...
... civilisation of the world . However scientifically mistaken , these notions apparently remain part of our culture . Often it is the aggressive violence of such opinions that most surprises . But perhaps one ought not to be surprised ...
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PART FOUR MECHANISMS OF CHANGE | |
From Elders to Kings | |
The Nature of Kingship | |
Conquest and Clientage | |
Trade and Islam | |
Power Rank and Privilege | |
The Crisis Opens | |
PART FIVE THE DELUGE AND TODAY | |
Age Sets | |
Secret Societies | |
PART THREE STRUCTURES OF BELIEF | |
A Science of Social Control | |
Of Witches and Sorcerers | |
UpsideDown People | |
Explanation and Prediction | |
The Danger Within | |
Useful Magic | |
Answers to Anxiety | |
Art for Lifes Sake | |
The Dynamics of Reality | |
From a Guerrilla Diary | |
The Great Transition | |
The Kings Resist | |
Twilight of the Old Gods | |
New Redeemers | |
The Modern Context | |
The Masses React | |
Epilogue AFRICAN DESTINIES | |
Acknowledgements | |
Notes and References | |
Select Bibliography | |
Index | |