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An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Civilization to Independence by Zeinab Badawi
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
What I appreciated the most about this read was the intention of the author to be as true to African history as she could be. Using colllective memory where recorded memory was unavailable or destroyed or twisted.
She traveled to individual countries speaking with persons who were repositories of knowledge and who have made it their work to preserve and spread the actual history of Africa. A history that existed before the 'white' man, was irrevocably altered by colonization, and that has resisted being hidden and rewritten to hide all the cruel scars left by colonizers.
What #AnAfricanHistoryofAfrica gives us, is, I would say, a condensed look at a rich history of a continent that has shared so many similar devastating changes, while maintaining individual cultural characteristics as well as the influences of those who tried to carve her up for their own avarice.
A read to inspire reflections, acknowledgements, and conversations.
She traveled to individual countries speaking with persons who were repositories of knowledge and who have made it their work to preserve and spread the actual history of Africa. A history that existed before the 'white' man, was irrevocably altered by colonization, and that has resisted being hidden and rewritten to hide all the cruel scars left by colonizers.
What #AnAfricanHistoryofAfrica gives us, is, I would say, a condensed look at a rich history of a continent that has shared so many similar devastating changes, while maintaining individual cultural characteristics as well as the influences of those who tried to carve her up for their own avarice.
A read to inspire reflections, acknowledgements, and conversations.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Genocide, Racism, Slavery, Murder