African And African American History Book

Foreword     vii
Preface     ix
Acknowledgments     xi
Tables     xiii
Figures     xv
Maps     xvii
The Cultural and Geographical Background     1
African History: Then and Now     3
Geographical Background     13
African Traditions versus European Values     41
The Traditional Political Systems and Religious Beliefs     59
Cracked Myths: The Lie about Africa     61
The African Traditional Government     71
Land Tenure and Alienation     99
African Religions and Urbanization     113
The Europeans in Africa     135
The Portuguese Discovery and Exploration of Africa     137
The Role of the Chartered Company during Colonial Rule: A Critique     153
The Colonial Policies of the Major European Powers in Africa     169
Projections: The African and the African-American in the 21st Century     179
Pan-Africanism and the Organization of African Unity     181
African Nationalism and the One Party Political System: Ghana, a Case Study     201
Lumumba: African Leader of the Zaire (Congo-Kinshasa)     213
The African and the African American: An Approach to Unity     227
American Political Thought and the African American     233
The Relationship between the African and African Americans     265
Epilogue     279
Appendices     285
Organization of African Unity     285
The Nigerian Crisis     295
Treaty between the King of Nikki and the Royal Niger Company     303
Royal Charter Granted to the National African Company     307
"A Typical African Blank Treaty, 1880's"     315
Cecil Rhodes Obtains a Concession in Southern Rhodesia From Lo Bengula     317
Lo Bengula Protests to Queen Victoria     319
Index     321
About the Author     333