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Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War by Howard W. French
informative
slow-paced
5.0
'It would be unusual for a story that begins in the wrong place to arrive at the right conclusions', is how Prof French begins his book and yet we still exist in a world where former colonial powers refuse to acknowledge from whence cometh their wealth.
No country or union or former empire wants to admit that their greed and exploitation of another country or empire is what really led to the emergence and eventual dominance of their nations in particular eras in history and through to present day. *Cough* *cough* 'white nations'.
Howard W. French has written an in-depth, revelatory, and somewhat reparative analysis of just that. What contact drove trade and industrialisation, growing the wealth of Pre-Europe that it continues to enjoy today.
With impeccable research skills, he brings to the fore seldomly spoken about colonies, which were the sites for initial colonial experimentation and drive, which led to successful execution of the engine of Slavery, but speaks to the obfuscation of the major roles that key Black people, uprisings, rebellions, revolts, and resistances played in carving out the modern world we have today and the ever-changing face of societal structure.
No country or union or former empire wants to admit that their greed and exploitation of another country or empire is what really led to the emergence and eventual dominance of their nations in particular eras in history and through to present day. *Cough* *cough* 'white nations'.
Howard W. French has written an in-depth, revelatory, and somewhat reparative analysis of just that. What contact drove trade and industrialisation, growing the wealth of Pre-Europe that it continues to enjoy today.
With impeccable research skills, he brings to the fore seldomly spoken about colonies, which were the sites for initial colonial experimentation and drive, which led to successful execution of the engine of Slavery, but speaks to the obfuscation of the major roles that key Black people, uprisings, rebellions, revolts, and resistances played in carving out the modern world we have today and the ever-changing face of societal structure.