African Athena: New Agendas (Classical Presences)

Synopsis

'african Athena' Examines The History Of Intellectuals And Literary Writers Who Contested The White, Dominant Euro-american Constructions Of The Classical Past And Its Influence On The Present. Believing In Ethiopians / Maghan Keita -- Black Apollo? : Martin Bernal's Black Athena: The Afroasiatic Roots Of Classical Civilization, Volume Iii, And Why Race Still Matters / Patrice D. Rankine -- Greece, India, And Race Among The Victorians / Partha Mitter -- Black Minerva : Antiquity In Antebellum African History / Margaret Malamud -- Black Athena Before Black Athena : The Teaching Of Greek And Latin At Black Colleges And Universities During The Nineteenth Century / Kenneth W. Goings And Eugene O'connor -- Ethiopia Shall Stretch Her Hands Unto God : Garveyism, Rastafari, And Antiquity / Robbie Shilliam -- Between Exodus And Egypt : Israel-palestine And The Break-up Of The Black-jewish Alliance / Anna Hartnell -- Beyond Culture Wars : Reconnecting African And Jewish Diasporas In The Past And The Present / Toby Green -- Egyptian Athena, African Egypt, Egyptian Africa : Martin Bernal And Contemporary African Historical Thought / Stephen Howe -- The Afterlives Of Black Athena / Robert J.c. Young -- In The House Of Libya : A Meditation / V.y. Mudimbe -- Hellenism, Nationalism, Hybridity : The Invention Of The Novel / Tim Whitmarsh -- The Idea Of Africa In Lucan / Paolo Asso -- Was Black Beautiful In Vandal Africa? / John H. Starks, Jr. -- Identifying Authority : Juan Latino, An African Ex-slave, Professor, And Poet In Sixteenth-century Granada / J. Mira Seo -- John Barclay's Camella Poems : Ideas Of Race, Beauty, And Ugliness In Renaissance Latin Verse / John T. Gilmore -- Lay In Egypt's Lap Each Borrowed Crown : Gerald Massey And Late-victorian Afrocentrism / Brian H. Murray -- Not Equatorial Black, Not Mediterranean White : Denis Williams's Other Leopards / John Thieme -- Wole Soyinka's Yoruba Tragedy : Performing Politics / Astrid Van Weyenberg -- Mythopoeia In The Struggle Against Slavery, Racism, And Exclusive Afrocentrism / Edith Hall And Justine Mcconnell -- Dislocating Black Classicism : Classics And The Black Diaspora In The Poetry Of Aimé Césaire And Kamau Brathwaite / Emily Greenwood -- The Africanness Of Classicism In The Work Of Toni Morrison / Tessa Roynon -- Afterword / Martin Bernal. Edited By Daniel Orrells, Gurminder K. Bhambra, And Tessa Roynon. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [418]-461) And Index.