The study of World History is not complete unless due consideration is given to its missing chapters.
Research and study of the African continent and its peoples reveals that an abundance of its History has been preserved by Nature, as has been proven by the discoveries of the famous Archaeologist, Dr. Louis S.B. Leakey...
Africa's pre-History was passed down through generations, via the spoken word, and later numerous volumes were written by travelers, explorers and Historians. Yet its position and importance in the chain of World Events is generally unknown.
Now, with the present self-revival and the steadily increasing World Interest in Africa, these missing Chapters are coming to light.
We believe that our efforts in these Albums will accelerate the process by providing workable information for those engaged in the study of African History. To the General-Information-Seeker, perhaps this will furnish encouragement to begin serious study of this subject.
In this recording the commentators trace the various theories of the origin of man from the folklore of the Ethiopians and Kushites to that of the Greeks. The role of the Archaeologist is delineated. A method of dating is described. The formation of a Rift valley is out- lined. And Zinjanthropus, the oldest tool maker yet unearthed, is placed on his well deserved pedestal.
History Begins in Africa.
This series is dedicated to the late Dr. William Leo Hansberry whose field work in Africa and writings provided the backdrop for the recently established Department of African Studies, in American Universities.
William Leo Hansberry 1894-1965. Born in Mississippi, was the son of a History teacher at Alcorn College. After completing his early education at Old Atlanta University, William Leo Hansberry began studies at Harvard University. Here they were interrupted by World War 1. But he returned to undergraduate work and later received on M.A. degree.
He joined the faculty at Howard University in Washington, D.C. in 1922, established a program of African Studies, one of the earliest courses on African History at any major University in the United States. He remained at Howard U. until his retirement in 1960.
He studied the cultures of Greece and Rome and the Orient and in 1953, as a Fulbright Research Scholar, visited Egypt. He was guest of the Sudan Antiquities Services, Republic of Sudan, also guest of the Ethiopian Antiquities Service. He made field surveys in Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Southern Rhodesia, Nigeria, Congo, and Ghana. Traveled in Zanzibar, Tanganyika, Nyasaland and Liberia.
He was a Founder and Trustee of the African American Institute and a Lecturer at The New School for Social Research. Received Award of Honor from the African Students Association of the United States and Canada. Received the Achievement Award of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. And the African Research Award-First Prize Trust from Emperor Haile Selassie. Doctor of Laws from Morgan State College. Doctor of Letters from the University of Nigeria where the Hansberry Institute of African Studies was established by the Nigerian Government in his honor.
His Magnum Opus was not completed.
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27 апр 2024
