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M O O R L A N DSPINGARN

RESEARCHCENTER

THE BLACK PRESENCE IN ANTIQUITYA SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Compiled by Leida I , Torres, Reference Librarian Andrea Only, Library A ss is ta n t

Moor1 and'Spingarn Research Center Howard U n iversity Washington, D,C,

The material listed in this bibliography represents a limited selectionOF SOURCES FROM THE MOORLAND-SPINGARN RESEARCH CENTER, HOWARDUniversity Libraries, as well as other collections. Call numbers andLOCATIONS HAVE BEEN INCLUDED TO FACILITATE ACCESS. ADDITIONAL MATERIAL ON THE SUBJECT MAY BE FOUND IN THE MSRC VERTICAL FILE.

CONTENTS

I. Books

II. Chapters in Books

III. Journal Articles

IV. Newspaper Articles

V. Conferences

VI. Audiovisual

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHYBooks:Adams, William Y. N u b i a : Corridor A f r i c a . Princeton, N J : Princeton Univ.

Press, 1984.

M932 A d l 9 ( M S R C ) .

Beardsley, Grace M. Ih g Negro in Greek and Roman C i v i l i z a t i o n . New York:

Russell and Russell, c.1929, 1967.M700 B 3 8 a ( M S R C ) .

Ben-Jochannan, Yosef. A f r i c a : Mother o f Western C i v i l i z a t i o n . Baltimore, MD

Black Cl assic Press, c.1971, 1988.

M960 B428am(MSRC)

African Origins of i h g Major Western R e l i g i o n s . New York: Alkebu-Lan

Books, 1970.A M290 B43CMSRC)

Benson, Peter. Black O r p h e u s . Transition and Modern Cultural Awakening in

A f r i c a . Berkeley: Univ. of California Press, 1986.

Afr M896 B 4 4 3 C M S R C ) .

Bernal, Martin G. Black A t h e n a : The A f r o -As ia ti c Roots o f Classical

Civilization Vol I . London: Free Assocication Books, 1987.M949.5 B456CMSRC)

---. Cadmean L e t t e r s :The Transmission o f i h g Alphabet i n Aegean and Further West Before 1499 B.£. Winona Lake, WI: Eisenbrauns, 1990.

On Order

- - -. Cadmean L e t t e r s :The Westward Diffusion o f tll£ Semitic Al phabet Before

1400 B.£. Winona Lake, WI: Eisenbrauns, 1988.On Order

Blyden, Edward W. West Africa Before Europe. London: C.M. Phillips, 1905. M960 B62WCMSRC).

Burstein, St anley Mayer. G r a e c o -Africana Studies I n i h g Hi story p f Greek

Relations I n Egypt and N u b i a . New Rochelle, NY: AD Caratzos, 1995.On Order

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Casson, Lionel, ed. Mysteries o f th e P a s t . New York: American Heritage Publishing C o . , 1977.

M930 M 9 9 9 (M S R C ).

Curtis, Alexander E. Module Curriculurn G u i d e : A Study of Qur Story in A f r i c a .

Pre and Post H i s t o r y . Brooklyn, NY: ECA Associates, 1979.Afr M 9 0 9 . 04924 AL26(MSRC)

Diop, Cheikh A. f h e African Origin o f C i v i l i z a t i o n : Myth or R e a l i t v . New York: Lawrence Hill and Co., 1974.

M932 D6237(MSRC)

Drake, St. Clair. Black Folk Here and T h e r e . Los Angeles, CA: Center for

Afro-American StudiesdJniv. of California), 1987 - 1990.Afr M305.896 D789CMSRC)

Frankfort, Henri. T h e Birth o f Civilization in t h e Near E a s t . Bloomington, IN:

Indiana Univ. Press, 1951.

M932 F 8 4 b ( M S R C ) .

Harris, Joseph E. ed. Africa and Africans e t seen b y Classical W r i t e r s : Ihe

William Leo Hansberry N o t e b o o k !V o l .I .I I ) . Washington, DC: Howard University Press, 1977.

Afr M960 H189CMSRC)

Hochfield, S., and E. Riefstahl, eds. Africa in A n t i q u i t y . Brooklyn, N.Y.:

Brooklyn Museum, 1978.

A M709 Af832(MSRC)

Hood, Robert. Must God Remain G r e e k ?:Afro Cultures and the God T a l k .

Minneapolis, MN: Fordtress Press, 1990.Afr M230 H 7 6 1 C M S R C ) .

Howitz, Sylvia L. Ih e Find o f e Lifetime: Sir Arthur Evans and the D i s O L ^ - ^ Of K n o s s u s . New York: Viking Press, 1981.

MB9 E r l 4 5 h ( M S R C ) .

James,George. Stolen L e g a c v :The Greeks were not t h e Authors e f Greek P h i l o s o p h y , but the People ef North Africa Co mmonly Called the E g y p t i a n s . New York: Philosophical Library, 1954.M180 J23CMSRC)

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Lefkowitz, Mary R. B1ack Athena R e v i s i t e d . Chapel Hill: Univ. of NC Press, 1996.Cataloging in Process

- - -. Nni Q n i o f A f r i c a :How Af rocenticism Became an Excuse i n Teach Mvth as

H i s t o r v . New York: Basic Books, 1996.

Cataloging in Process

Mveng, Engelbert. L a s Sources Grecques 1 'Histoire N e g r o - Africaines despuis

Homere Jusqua S t r a b o n . Paris: Presence Africaine, 1972.

Afr M960 M9893(MSRC).

O n y e w u e n y i , Innocent G. African Origin o f Greek P h i l o s o p h y . Nigeria:

University of Nigeria, 1987.

Afr M1 99.60 N9(MSRC).

Rawlinan, George. Ihg. Origin o f N a t i o n s . New York: Scribner, 1871.

M901 R19CMSRC).

Rogers, Joel A. Amazing Facts about the Negro with Complete P r o o f : A S h o rt £ni 1n the World Hi storv o f the N e g r o . 24th ed. New York: Helga Rogers,

1967.M901 R 6 3 a 3 ( M S R C ) .

---. World's Great Men of C o l o r . New York: Macmillan, c . 1946-47, 1972.

MB R 6 3 w 2 ( M S R C ) .

Smith, Charles Edward, and Paul G. Moorehead. A Short History o f i h n Ancient W o r l d . New York: Appleton Century Co., 1939.M930 Sm5(MSRC).

Snowden, Frank M. Before Color P r e j u d i c e :The Ancient View o f Blacks..

Cambridge, MA: Harvard Univ. Press, 1983.

A M913.3 Sn61b(MSRC)

---. B1acks In Antiquity E t h i o p i a n s i n i h n G r e c o -Roman F x p e r i e n c e . Cambridge, MA: Harvard Univ. Press, 1970.Afr M913.3 Sn61(MSRC).

- - -. B1acks in the. Ancient Greece and Roman W o r l d :An Introduction i n ihnE x h i b i t . Washington, DC: Howard Univer si ty Libraries, 1987.Afr M913 Sn61(MSRC)

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- - -. Tempignages Iconographiques sur les Populations Noires dans 1 'Antiquite G r e c o -R o m a i n e . Paris: Biblioteque des Arts, 1976.M704 S n 6 2 ( M S R C ) .

Thompson, Lloyd A.,comp. Africa in Classical A n t i q u i t y :Nine S t u d i e s . Ibadan,

Nigeria: Ibadan Univ. Press, 1969.

A M913.3 T 3 7 5 (M S R C )

Trever, Albert A. Hi story o f Ancient S c u l p t u r e . New York: Hartcourt Brace,1936.M901 T 7 2 (M S R C ).

Van Sertima, Ivan. African Presence in Early A s i a . New Brunswick, NJ:

Transaction Books, 1985.

A M950 Af83(MSRC)

---. African Presence in Early E u r o p e . New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Books, 1985.On Order

---. B1ack Women in A n t i q u i t y . New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Books,

1984,1988.Cataloging in Process

---. E g y p t . Chi 1d of A f r i c a . New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 1994.Cataloging in Process

Great B1 ack L e a d e r s :Ancient and M o d e r n . New Brunswick, NJ: Journal of

African Civilization, 1988.

Afr MB C6783(MSRC)

Vercoutter, Jean and Frank M. Snowden, et a l . D m Image o f i l m B1ack inWestern Art I:From the Pharaohs i n t h e Fall n f i h n Roman E m p i r e . New York: Morrow, 1976.M704 Im24(MSRC)

Williams, Chancellor. Destruction nf B1ack C i v i l i z a t i o n :Great Issues nf a Race from 4500 B£ in 2 0 0 0 A D . Chicago: Third World Press, 1987.

Afr M960 W67d(MSRC)

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Chapters In Books *

Bernal, Martin G. "First Land Then SearThoughts about the Social Formation of the Mediterranean and Greece." in Ge og ra ph y in Historical P e r s p e c t i v e . Oxford: Blackwell, 1987, pp.50-55.

Biers, W. R. "Some Thoughts on the Origin of the Atti c Head Vase." in Ancient

Greek Art and Ic on o g r a p h y . Warren G. Moon., ed. Madison, WI: Univ. of

Wisconsin Press, 1983, p p .119-126

Diop, Cheikh Anta. "Origin of the Ancient Egyptians." in General History of A f r i c a . V o l .2. G. Mokhtar., ed. Paris: UNESCO, 1981, pp.27-83.M960 G286(MSRC)

Irwin, Graham W. "Africans in Classical Antiquity." in Africans A b o a r d : A

Do cu me nt ar y History o f i h £ B1ack D i a s p o r a ... NY: Columbia Univ. Press,

1977, pp .25-36.

M909 Af83(MSRC)

Read, H., and J. Denisse. "Egypt in the Hellenistic Era." in General History of A f r i c a . V o l .2. G. Mokhtar., ed. Paris: UNESCO, 1981, p p . 184-207.M960 G286CMSRC)

Snowden, Frank M. "Aithiopes." in Lexicon Iconographicum Mvthologiae C l a s s i c a e . Vol.l . Zurich: Artemis, 1981, pp.413-419.

---. "Ethiopians and the Graeco-Roman W o r l d . ” in African D i a s p o r a :

Interpretative E s s a y s . Marion L. Kilson., ed. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Univ. Press, 1976, p p .11-36.M909 Af82(MSRC)

Journal Artiolaa;Bernal, Martin G. "Animadversions on the Origins of Western Science." I s i s .

Vol. 83, no. 4. 1992, pp.596-607.

---. "Black Athena Denied:The Ty ranny of Ge r m a n y Over Greece." Comparative C r i t i c i s m . Vol. 8 1986, pp.3-69.

---. "The Case for Massive Egyptian Influence in the Aegean." A r c h a e l o l g y . Vol. 45, September-October 1992, p p .53-55+.

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"On the Transmission of the Alphabet to the Aegean Before 1400BC." Bulletin o f the American Schools af Oriental R e s e a r c h . 1987a. p p . 25-30.

---. "Race, Class and Gender in the Formation of the Aryan Model of Greek

Origins." The South Atlantic Q u a r t e r l y . V o l . 94. Fall 1995, p p .987-1008.

Blegen, C. W.. and J. Haleh. "The Coming of the Greeks:The Geographical

Distribution of PreHistoric Remains in Greece." American Journal of A r c h a e l o l o o v . Vol. 32, 1927, p p .141-52.

Blok. Josine H. "Proof and Persuasion in Black At he na :C as e of K.O. Muller."

Journal a f the History a f I d e a s . Vol. 57, October 1996, pp.705+.

Buitron, D. M. "Greek Encounters with Africans." I h a Walters Art Ga llery B u l l e t i n . Vol. 32, no. 5, 1980, pp.1-2.

Cline, Eric. "Amenhotep III and the Aegean: A Re as se ss me nt of Egypto-Aegean Relations in the 14th Century B.C." O r i e n t a l i a . Vol. 56, 1987, pp.1-36.

---. "An Unpublished Amenhotep III Faience Plaque from Mycenae." Journal af the American Oriental S o c i e t y . Vol. 110, April-June, 1990, pp.200-12.

Cook, R. M. "Amasis and the Greeks in E g y p t . ” Journal a f Hellenic S t u d i e s .

Vol. 57, 1937, pp.227-37.

Coughlin, Ellen K. "Not Out of Africa:Origin of Gr eek Civilization." Chronicle a f Higher E d u c a t i o n . Vol. 14, no. 23 February 16, 1996, pp.A6-7.(M S R C )

Dawson, Kiang. "The Brooklyn Museum's New Head of a Black." A r c h a e l o l o g y .

Vol. 25, no. 1, 1972, pp. 6+.

Diop, Cheikh A. "Africa: Cradle of Humanity." Nile Va lley C i v i l i z a t i o n s .1985a, pp.23-28.

---. "Africa's Contribution to World Civilization:The Exact Sciences." Nile Vallev C i v i l i z a t i o n s . 1985b, pp.69-83.

Dow, S. "The Egyptian Cults in Athens." Harvard Theological R e v i e w . Vol. 30, no. 4, 1937, p p . 183-232.

Hall, J. "A Black Note in Juvenal Satire V 52-55." Proceedings a f t h a African Classical A s s o c i a t i o n . Vol. 17, 1983, p p . 108-113.

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Ingalls, Zoe. "Documenting the Image of Blacks in Western Art." T h e Chronirip

Qf Western Ari- V o l . 42, no. 4 September 22, 1995, pp.B-6.

James, Michael. "Feel Good History:Scholars Debate A f r o c e n t r i c i s m . " B1ack

Issues In Higher E d u c a t i o n . Vol. 13, no. 4, April 18, 1996, p.9+.(MSRC)

Levine, M. M. "The Use and Abuse of Black Athena." American Historical Review Vol. 97, no. 3, 1992, pp.440-460.

Linforth, I. M. "Greek and the Egyptian Gods." Classical P h i l o l o g y . Vol. 35,

1940, pp.300-301.

Masciantonio, Rudolph. "Africa in Classical A n t i qu it y: A Curriculum Resource." Foreign Language A n n u a l . Vol. 10, no. 2, 1977, p p . 145-148.

Mayerson, P. "Anti-Black Sentiment in the "Vitae Patrum"." Harvard Theological

R e v i e w . Vol. 71 1978, pp.304-311.

Molefi, Kete Asante. "Reading Race in Antiquity-.The Many Fallacies of Mary

Lefkowitz." B1ack Issues in Higher E d u c a t i o n . Vol. 13, no. 1, March 7, 1996, pp.31-32.

(MSRC)

Parker, G. W. "The African Origin of Grecian Civilization." Journal o f Neorn H i s t o r y . Vol. 2, no. 3, 1917, pp.334-344.(MSRC)

Pierce, R. H. "Egyptian Loan Words in Ancient Greek?" Symbolae O s l o e n s e s . Vol.

46, 1971, p p .96-107.

Rogers, Joel A. "The Negro in European History." O p p o r t u n i t y . Vol. 8, June 1930, p p . 174-176.(MSRC).

Scarupa, Harriet J. "Frank Snowden: The Unquiet Life of a Master Teacher." New D i r e c t i o n s : Howard University M a g a z i n e . Vol. 12, no. 1, Ja nuary 1985,

pp.6-15.(MSRC).

Snowden, Frank M. "Ethiopians and the Isiac Worship." L'Anti quite C l a s s i q u e . Vol. 25, 1956, p p .112-116.

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"Iconography:An Aid to the Interpretation of Ethiopian Warriors in Greek

and Roman Literature." American Journal o f A r c h a e o l o g y . V o l . 90, 1986, pp.219+.

---. "The Negro in Ancient Greece." Proceedings o f t h e American Philological

A s s o c i a t i o n . Vol. 77, 1946, pp.322-323.

---. "The Negro in Ancient Greece." American A n t h r o p o l o g i s t . Vol. 50, 1948. pp.31-44.

M880 Sn6n(MSRC)

---. "A Note on Hannibal's Mahouts." The Numismatic Chronicle o f t h e Roval S o c i e t y . Vol. 14, 1954, p p .197-198.

---. "Some Gree k and Roman Observations on the Ethiopian." T r a d i t i o n . Vol. 16,

1960, p p . 19-38.

M572.963 Sn61(MSRC).

Trigger, B. G. "Brown Athe na :A Post Processual Goddess." Current A n t h r o p o l o g y . Vol. 33, no. 1, 1992, p p . 121-123.

---. "The Last of the Pharaohs of N u b i a . ” Journal o f African C i v i l i z a t i o n s . Vol. 4, no. 2, 1985, pp.38-52.( M S R C ) .

Winter, Clyde Ahmad. "Afrocentricism: A Value Frame of Reference." Journal of

Black S t u d i e s . Vol. 25, no. 2, December 1994, p p . 170-90.(MSRC)

---. "Blacks in Europe Before the Europeans." Return t o f h £ S o u r c e . Vol. 3, no. 1, 1984, pp.26-33.

---. "The Founders of Greece came from Africa by Passing Through Crete." Afique Histoire US. Vol. 3, no. 1 1985a, p p .11-15.

Newspaper ArticlesiRensberger, Boyce. "500,000 More Years of Human Antiquity." Washington P o s t .

February 20, 1992, pp.lA.

Schwartz, Am y E. "Fantasy Islands." Washington P o s t . May 28, 1996, pp.llA.

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Conferences:

Snowden, Frank M. “Blacks as Seen by Ancient Egyptians. Greek and Roman

Artists:An Illustrated Le cture” . Washington, DC:Howard

University,School of Human Ecology, April 2,1987.( M SR C).

---. “Blacks as Seen by Ancient Egyptians, Greek and Roman A r t i s t s ” . Chicago Oriental Institute, University of Chicago: March 4, 1992.

Audiovisual;

Africa in A n t i q u i t y . Stamford, CT: Sandak, 1978.

Black A t h e n a . San Francisco: California Newsreel, 1991.

B1ack O r p h e u s . Los Angeles, CA: Connoisseur Video Collation, 1988.

Jobim, Antonio Carlos. B1ack O r p h e u s :Original Soundt ra ck o f i h £ M o v i e .

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