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In this provocative study, Stephen Howe traces the sources and ancestries of the Afrocentric movement, and closely analyses the writings of its leading proponents. Hard-hitting yet subtle and scholarly in its appraisal of Afrocentric ideas, and based on wide-ranging research in the histories both of Afro-America and of Africa itself, Afrocentrism not only demolishes the mythical ""history"" taught by black ultra-nationalists but suggests paths towards a true historical consciousness of Africa and its diaspora.

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precise and courageous ... Howe's book is a landmark. - Brian Appleyard, Sunday Times a spirited, meticulously researched polemic ... with unrelenting energy and intellectual rigour, Howe traces the history and development of Afrocentric ideas. - Kate Teltscher, Guardian Stephen Howe's candid book goes right to the heart of one of the most vexing of contemporary America's problems ... a great service for all who are interested in the intellectual study of race and racism in the US. - Caryl Phillips, Financial Times Howe has done a signal service by exposing one region of this subterranean world to the light of reason. - Anthony Daniels, Spectator

The bravest work to appear from the academy in years. * Financial Times Books of the Year (1998) * Precise and courageous ... Howe's book is a landmark. -- Brian Appleyard * Sunday Times * A spirited, meticulously researched polemic ... With unrelenting energy and intellectual rigour, Howe traces the history and development of Afrocentric ideas. -- Kate Teltscher * Guardian * Stephen Howe's candid book goes right to the heart of one of the most vexing of contemporary America's problems ... A great service for all who are interested in the intellectual study of race and racism in the US. -- Caryl Phillips * Financial Times *

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Stephen Howe is Professor in the History and Culture of Colonialism at Bristol University.

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