Black Africa: The Economic and Cultural Basis for a Federated State (1987) by Cheikh Anta Diop

Description

In this book, Cheikh Anta Diop presents a dynamic and convincing argument for the creation of a unified Black African state. This new and revised edition is supplemented with an interview by renowned political analyst and journalist Carlos Moore and delineates Diop’s vision of Africa’s emergence as a major world power.

Diop explains why attempts at economic development and cooperation cannot succeed apart from the political unification of Black Africa and why the freedom of South African Blacks can be achieved only with the support of all African states.

He shows how the national and tribal groupings share a common cultural heritage, how linguistic unification is possible, and how the preservation and development of Africa’s natural resources could transform the life of its people.

For Diop, the ultimate aim of unity is the restoration of the historical consciousness of Black and African peoples and the complete recovery of political sovereignty in a postcolonial world.

About the Author

Cheikh Anta Diop (1923-1986) was a Senegalese historian, anthropologist, physicist, and politician who studied pre-colonial African culture and the origins of the human race.