ECHOES OF ANCIENT AFRICAN VALUESAncient Africans, perhaps around 5500 BC, established a tradition based upon truth, goodness, beauty, and other immaterial and intangible aspects of things of worth. Believing all of God’s creations were forever linked, they focused on having good relations with and behaviors toward fellow human beings and with nature – both for the purpose of reaching a heaven afterlife. Out of these concepts arose the sense of community, including the practice of no person being left behind. Echoes of Ancient African Values discusses who Ancient Africans were as a people; their genius and creative ways of thinking; their philosophical and spiritual foundations; and their world shaping achievements. Unfortunately, peoples throughout the world have failed to realize or acknowledge the fact that Ancient Africans have produced the most brilliance civilization and culture the world has ever known. This applies whether the measure is by significance, greatness, or numbers. The fashioning of such brilliance inside high morals not only transcended space and time but also designed sublime echoes. A major premise of this book is that these echoes were extremely instrumental in enabling Ancient African slaves to survive their hellish situation as well as having ongoingly contributed to the recovery of Black Americans from the effects of slavery. Numerous examples are given. Otherwise, what is stressed to all peoples in the world is that Ancient African Values contain workable answers for solving every type of problem concerning humanity. |
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... living . At the core of the monolithic frame was the Africans ' continent - wide belief in God as the Supreme Creator of every real thing in existence . Furthermore , as a result of this " cornerstone " concept , Ancient Africans said ...
... living and to improve interpersonal relationships . Folktales were usually told at night during the dry season and the interplay between narrator and audience had a highly dramatic quality . It was through games , riddles , myths ...
... living today as they did in primitive times . The fact that human nature basically does not change has allowed me , from being " in the Afrocentric flow , " to use my experiences and observations about racial ways to connect the present ...
... living representative is modern man - roamed a Chad lakeside grassland and forest searching for food . They had to beware of pythons , crocodiles , and saber - toothed cats . They , like apes and monkeys , spent some time in trees but ...
... living and expressed inside the mind . In keeping with the original definition of thought ( " to feel , " then " kindly thought , " then " thank ” [ or gratitude ] ) , it is conceivable that " thought " arose out of feelings . When ...
Contents
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Ancient African People | 50 |
Rituals and Rites | 56 |
Lineage Systems | 62 |
Great Black Europeans | 162 |
Rise of Knights | 175 |
SECTION III RISE OF RACISM | 183 |
AFRICAS DECLINE | 197 |
AFRICAN AMERICAN SLAVES | 211 |
Methods of Willie Lynch Slavemaster | 223 |
Malicious Naming | 229 |
ANCIENT AFRICAN ECHOES IN AMERICA | 237 |
Judicial System | 68 |
Goddess Maat | 78 |
Ancient African Education | 97 |
Tribal Life Education | 105 |
Ancient African Science | 112 |
Ancient African Literature | 123 |
Ancient African World Gifts | 139 |
African American Philosphers | 258 |
African American Religions | 265 |
Black American Cultural Achievements | 275 |
Closing Remarks | 309 |
Index | 315 |
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Echoes of Ancient African Values Joseph A. Bailey II M. D. F. a. C. S.,Joseph A. Bailey No preview available - 2005 |