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3.91 AVERAGE
3.91 AVERAGE
challenging
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inspiring
reflective
informative
reflective
slow-paced
challenging
informative
slow-paced
Decent read, but very short. It tackles how various religious beliefs, discoveries & ways of life were stolen from Africans & attributed to Europeans. Controversial for sure but given how white supremacy functions, it is unlikely significant time is dedicated to getting all the facts straight by anyone other than black authors & the average person doesn't have access to primary sources. Most of it makes sense & appeared to be backed up by historical facts that are intentionally obscured or outright omitted.
Definitely good as a starting point but investigating sources from other black authors who may have been able to be more thorough, Cheikh Ante Diop comes to mind, is definitely necessary.
Overall, it's a good book.
Definitely good as a starting point but investigating sources from other black authors who may have been able to be more thorough, Cheikh Ante Diop comes to mind, is definitely necessary.
Overall, it's a good book.
Was shocking to read at first and wondered how much was true. A much more detailed account of how Egypt borrowed from Ethiopia can be found in The Destruction of Black Civilization.
emotional
informative
Somehow, this book failed to convince me, someone who is obsessed with Ancient Egypt and already believed that Western Civilization appropriated a lot of egyptian things, in the core argument presented in it.
Maybe this was not a book best read in audio format, nevertheless I don't think that author's "we do not have evidence of from where the greek philosophers learned or studied ergo they studied in Egypt" is as logical as it sounds to the author.
And lastly, it jarred me when the author talked about how Alexander the Great sacked Alexandria, which as far as I was always aware was the city he himself founded. Or how he stole books from the great library of Alexandria, which also as far as I'm aware was only just built by Ptolemaic dynasty (who, yes, stole the texts for it from all over Egypt).
Maybe this was not a book best read in audio format, nevertheless I don't think that author's "we do not have evidence of from where the greek philosophers learned or studied ergo they studied in Egypt" is as logical as it sounds to the author.
And lastly, it jarred me when the author talked about how Alexander the Great sacked Alexandria, which as far as I was always aware was the city he himself founded. Or how he stole books from the great library of Alexandria, which also as far as I'm aware was only just built by Ptolemaic dynasty (who, yes, stole the texts for it from all over Egypt).
adventurous
informative
reflective
medium-paced
This book was okay. Both the atmosphere and the writing was okay but it was bit dull. The ending was fine. The cover of book was okay and I would liked the characters to been flash out bit more but the paced of plot was bit slow for my liking.
Another book which I read some twenty years ago. Time for a re-read and review.
