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I loved this book! It didn't take eons to read and was extremely informative, well written, and organized. I so wish something like this could have been part of my high school curriculum! I have purchased copies for family members and recommend the same to you. This work is one easy way to dispel the hateful myths about our history and that of the African continent.

Having studied African History since my college days, I have often relied on the scholarship of Dr. Ivan Van Sertima, Cheikh Anta Diop, and others. This past year, after a lecture on African history, a family asked to recommend some books for their teenage children. I was puzzled, because I was unaware of any age-appropriate material. I hit Amazon, and came across this gem. I am familiar with Mr. Walker from his appearance in Hidden Colors 4 DVD. I immediately ordered a copy of this book, read through it, and sent it to the family of the teenagers. I then ordered a copy for my home collection. This is an excellent book that provides some essential history of the African (Black) people of the Earth. Purchase this book, read it, and share it!

Every and I mean every African human in the diaspora and motherland needs to have this and share this with your children! If we don’t know where we’ve been, we will never know where we’re going.

This is a good book about African history and achievements. It proudly elaborates what culturally advanced things Africans were doing when Europeans were still trying to discover the modern sewer system and debunks the Eurocentric myth that Africa has always been a dark primitive continent. It does this by cataloging African discoveries and inventions evidenced from the Sahara to the Serengeti in the past two millenniums.However, I would have loved to hear more about the non-traditional parts of African where, the impression is often created that, there were no intelligent civilizations. Information on the Central and South Central Africa was glaringly missing and there have been advanced civilizations in these areas.By covering mainly only the parts of Africa that have been widely covered by the West, I further got the impression that the author was also falling victim to his own criticism namely that the West has stereotyped Africa by viewing it through the narrow-minded west-centric vista.

This is a really nice introduction to the study of early Africa. Much of this stuff in not introduced in schools. It's important to have this knowledge before beginning an in-depth look at African or African American Studies areas. There is an African proverb that says something like this, "No mater how far the river flows, it always remembers it source." This book helps us see the source of which we come. I would say this short e-book would be appropriate for any one in late elementary and up as a great intro to early Africa.

A must read for every African.I will for sure do a deep investigation on this matter because this book just made me understand how big we're our achievements and how much the world tries to hide it from us.

This is an excellent start for anyone who wants to start a learning journey into African history, but doesn't want to be overwhelmed.

Very informative and eye opening to the truth ,brilliance and intellect of black people. American history will not tell you this information. Ask the question why? You already know the answer. Keep people in the dark about their history and create one for them. Now you can control them. Without knowledge of who you are you will accept only what is presented to you. A must read for all black people. This your real history!!!!!!!!!

This is a very valuable resource to introduce my children to an Afrocentric worldview since they are inundated daily by western culture and mores. I have only done a very cursory scan and looked through the appendix. It does not mention MARCUS GARVEY. This is an astounding omission for an African history book. One cannot mention WEB DuBois, Booker T Washington, Kwame Nkrumah, etc. and fail to discuss MARCUS MOSIAH GARVEY!

I was very pleased with this book.Perfect for beginners and particularly for kids ( 10 and older).

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Learning the extraordinary gifts Africa have given to mankind was truly an eye opener. From the extensive highly populated Timbuktu that in the 5th century had 3 storey houses with indoor toilets, and universities and schools, to the great Kush civilization that offer visa pyramids that scientists still baffle at how they were made. Also the Hypostyle Hall of the Temple of Amen, a great architectural wonder and one of the largest religious complexes ever built.There are ancient civilizations from West, East and South Africa that traded in salt, leather, gold and books on a scale that would equal to today's standards. Ethiopia has some of the oldest Christian churches in Lalibela carved out from rocks. There are even 12th century knights of Kanem Boru who wore chainmail.. not sure how they managed in all that heat!There is so much to learn about ancient Africa.. Marcus Garvey said "A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots." Since Africa is the cornerstone of humanity, I think it is all our duty to learn more, and this book is good place to start.

there's a lot of very interesting stuff in here and once you start reading you realise there's a lot about Africa's history that just never comes to the surface. if your view of Africa is based on what you see on the telly or in the papers this book is a good place to look for a realignment. They say history repeats itself, well read this book and then ask yourself where Africa could be if it ever finds the trigger to restore itself to it's former glory.Walker has awakened my curiosity and I'm looking for more. So it looks like he's achieved the aim he sets out in the title. I will try another of his books.It is a short read, maybe an hour in total, which I think is perfect. I don't want reams of waffle and there's no waffle in this book.Why only 3 stars? I found the writing standard very difficult to cope with and I wonder if the author has inadvertently uploaded an early draft. I nearly gave up several times, there's a lot of opportunity for improvement.Overall advice - read it.