Cheikh Anta Diopb was a Senegalese historian, anthropologist, and scholar of Afrocentricity.divdiv Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Precolonial Black AfricaA Comparative Study of the Political and Social Systems of Europe and Black Africa, from Antiquity to the Formation of Modern StatesBy Cheikh Anta Diop, Harold J. SalemsonChicago Review Press IncorporatedCopyright © 1987 Lawrence Hill Books
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ISBN: 978-1-55652-088-4
ContentsPREFACE,
I ANALYSIS OF THE CONCEPT OF CASTE,
II SOCIO-POLITICAL EVOLUTION OF THE ANCIENT CITY,
III FORMATION OF THE MODERN EUROPEAN STATES,
IV POLITICAL ORGANIZATION IN BLACK AFRICA,
V POLITICAL ORGANIZATION,
VI ECONOMIC ORGANIZATION,
VII IDEOLOGICAL SUPERSTRUCTURE: ISLAM IN BLACK AFRICA,
VIII INTELLECTUAL LEVEL: TEACHING AND EDUCATION,
IX TECHNICAL LEVEL,
MIGRATIONS AND FORMATION OF PRESENT-DAY AFRICAN PEOPLES,
Postface,
CHAPTER 1ANALYSIS OF THE CONCEPT OF CASTE
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