Rethinking Africa's contribution to global cultural history: lessons from a comparative historical analysis of mankala board-games and geomantic divination
| Title | Rethinking Africa's contribution to global cultural history: lessons from a comparative historical analysis of mankala board-games and geomantic divination |
| Publication Type | Book Chapter |
| Year of Publication | 1997 |
| Authors | W.M.J. van Binsbergen |
| Editor | W.M.J. van Binsbergen |
| Secondary Title | Black Athena: Ten years After, special issue |
| Series title | Talanta, ISSN 0165-2486 ; 28/29 (1996/1997) |
| Pagination | 219 - 251 |
| Date Published | 1997/// |
| Publisher | TALANTA: Dutch Archaeological and Historical Society |
| Place Published | Groningen |
| Publication Language | eng |
| ISBN Number | 90-72067-07-x |
| Keywords | 1991, Africa, African studies, history |
| Abstract | On June 28, 1996, a conference was held at the African Studies Centre, Leiden, on controversies originating from Martin Bernal's study 'Black Athena: the Afro-Asiatic roots of classical civilization' (1987, 1991). Papers were presented by Wim van Binsbergen, Martin Bernal, Jan Best, Arno Egberts, and Josine H. Blok. The present publication contains edited versions of these papers, as well as responses by Martin Bernal |
| Notes | Met index en bibliogr. voetnoten |
| IR handle/ Full text URL | http://hdl.handle.net/1887/9118 |
| Citation Key | 1261 |