Synopses & Reviews
This text is a collection of sources (both written and oral) detailing the rich intellectual tradition of Ancient Africa to the mid-19th Century. It focuses solely on the work of Africans, and provides excerpts of sufficient length to expose readers to the breadth of indigenous intellectual traditions. Many of these works are translated here for the first time.
Table of Contents
Part I: Pharaonic Egypt Chapter 1: The Old Kingdom Chapter 2: First Intermediate Period Chapter 3: The Middle Kingdom Chapter 4: The Second Intermediate Period Chapter 5: New Kingdom Chapter 6: Queen Hatshepsut Chapter 7: Scribes: Instructions to Vizier Rekh-mi-Ra Chapter 8: Anonymous: Love Poems Chapter 9; Amenhotep III: The Great Hymn to Amen Chapter 10: Amenemope: Proverbs from the Wisdom Books Chapter 11: Pharoah Akhenaten and Queen Nefertiti Part II: Ancient Nubia Chapter 12: General Piankhi Chapter 13: Pharaoh Shabaka Chapter 14: Pharaoh Taharqa Chapter 15: Pharaoh Mentemhet Chapter 16: The Priests of Meroe Part III: Hellenized Egypt and Nubia Chapter 17: Heron of Alexandria Chapter 18: Valentinus Chapter 19: The Gnostics Chapter 20: The Hermetists Chapter 21: Origen Chapter 22: Plotinus Chapter 25: Synesius of Cyrene (Libya) Chapter 26: Paphnutius Chapter 27: Coptic Apocrypha Part IV: Byzantine and Romanized Carthage-Numidia Chapter 28: Tertullian (and more...)