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Jul 10, 1997 · Not Out of Africa has sparked widespread debate over the teaching of revisionist history in schools and colleges. Was Socrates black? Did Aristotle steal his ideas from the library in Alexandria?
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Oct 3, 2012 · Not out of Africa. by. Mary R. Lefkowitz. Publication date. 1996. Topics. Afrocentrism, Greece -- Civilization -- Egyptian influences. Publisher. BasicBooks.
She attracted broader attention for her 1996 book Not Out of Africa, a criticism of Afrocentric claims that ancient Greek civilization derived largely from that of ancient Egypt. She argued that such claims owed more to an American black nationalist political agenda than historical evidence.
Aug 4, 2008 · Not Out of Africa has sparked widespread debate over the teaching of revisionist history in schools and colleges. Was Socrates black? Did Aristotle steal his ideas from the library in Alexandria?...
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Not Out of Africa has sparked widespread debate over the teaching of revisionist history in schools and colleges. Was Socrates black? Did Aristotle steal his ideas from the library in Alexandria?
- Mary Lefkowitz
- Paperback
Not Out of Africa: How ""Afrocentrism"" Became an Excuse to Teach Myth as History. Mary Lefkowitz. Basic Books, $24 (240pp) ISBN 978-0-465-09837-8. ``I am defending academic standards,''...
Jul 10, 1997 · Not Out of Africa has sparked widespread debate over the teaching of revisionist history in schools and colleges. Was Socrates black? Did Aristotle steal his ideas from the library in Alexandria? Do we owe the underlying tenets of our democratic civilizaiton to the Africans?
- Paperback
- Mary Lefkowitz
