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- catalog abstract ""Traveling by camel, by dhow, by Land Cruiser, and on foot, the renowned scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., takes us to twelve countries in search of Africa's magnificent past, the now neglected civilizations that in their day were as grand and sophisticated as any on the face of the earth. From Nubia's ancient empire, which for a time ruled Egypt and centuries before had established the earliest known African city, to the fabled town of Timbuktu, where during the medieval period there thrived a center of scholars that rivaled any in Europe and where books were as prized as gold, to Ethiopia's Christian kingdom, where the Lost Ark of the Covenant is said to reside under perpetual vigil, Gates reveals an Africa little known to Westerners. And as he shows us the achievements that exploiters of the continent have ignored or denied for centuries, he introduces us as well to the fascinating variety of modern-day Africans, many of whom are descended from the great peoples who built Africa's most formidable cultures - including the Asante, the Swahili, the Tuareg, and the Shona."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11416352.
- catalog coverage "Africa Civilization.".
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description ""Traveling by camel, by dhow, by Land Cruiser, and on foot, the renowned scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., takes us to twelve countries in search of Africa's magnificent past, the now neglected civilizations that in their day were as grand and sophisticated as any on the face of the earth. From Nubia's ancient empire, which for a time ruled Egypt and centuries before had established the earliest known African city, to the fabled town of Timbuktu, where during the medieval period there thrived a center of scholars that rivaled any in Europe and where books were as prized as gold, to Ethiopia's Christian kingdom, where the Lost Ark of the Covenant is said to reside under perpetual vigil, Gates reveals an Africa little known to Westerners.".
- catalog description "Africa, to me -- Nubia : Black gods and kings -- Ethiopia : the Holy Land and the lost Ark of the Covenant -- Salt, gold, and books : the road to Timbuktu -- Searching for the Swahili -- The tree of forgetfulness -- South Africa and Zimbabwe : legends of lost cities.".
- catalog description "And as he shows us the achievements that exploiters of the continent have ignored or denied for centuries, he introduces us as well to the fascinating variety of modern-day Africans, many of whom are descended from the great peoples who built Africa's most formidable cultures - including the Asante, the Swahili, the Tuareg, and the Shona."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-267) and index.".
- catalog extent "x, 275 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0375402357".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York, N.Y. : Knopf : Distributed by Random House,".
- catalog spatial "Africa Civilization.".
- catalog subject "960 21".
- catalog subject "DT14 .G385 1999".
- catalog tableOfContents "Africa, to me -- Nubia : Black gods and kings -- Ethiopia : the Holy Land and the lost Ark of the Covenant -- Salt, gold, and books : the road to Timbuktu -- Searching for the Swahili -- The tree of forgetfulness -- South Africa and Zimbabwe : legends of lost cities.".
- catalog title "Wonders of the African world / Henry Louis Gates, Jr. ; with photographs by Lynn Davis.".
- catalog type "text".