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Reviews by Pancho @ "Precolonial Black Africa" By Cheikh Anta Diop

 Precolonial Black Africa 𓁃𓀠𓀢𓀧

This mid to large size book, originally written in French, gives readers a gateway into what Africa was like before the colonization. "Precolonial Black Africa" gives readers a detailed outlook on what life was like amongst the earliest Africans. The book sheds light on what the early Africans did for a living, how they saw each other, how they handled conflicts, how they conquered other lands, how they practiced religion, and a number of other things.  Throughout the book, Cheikh Anta Diop divides the text into sections that focus on the different angles of political and social systems.  

For example, section 2 or II or the book goes into detail on what the socio-political status of Africa was at the time.  

Sections later on in the  text talk about the education levels that was present during precolonial black Africa. The text is well rounded overall and makes the reader(me) feel like they're sitting in an exclusive African American History lecture.  Diop does an excellent job in presenting facts of the old world along with explaining how each subsystem played a vital role in a forgotten society.  Even though these systems are outdated and forgotten for the most part, the precolonial Africans still found a way to make it work for them and their subgroups.  

My rating for this book is a 10/10. The amount of detail is hard to ignore and that makes the texts more enjoyable to read.  Everyone can learn something from reading this, African or not. Thank you.

Pancho  

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