Introduction to African Civilizations

This is a unique and pioneering survey of the ancient and contemporary (1937) African word. Huggins views Africa an African accomplishments from decidedly African-centered perspective. A strong supporter of Ethiopia and its fight against fascism, Huggins devotes a detailed chapter to Ethiopian history and the war with Italy. Higgins successfully wrote this books for students, independent study groups, and the general reader.

This edition is not to be confused with John G. Jackson’s later book which has the same title. Huggins was one of Jackson’s mentors. Comparing the two books one can see how Jackson was influenced by Huggins, a seldom-noted member of the “Harlem historians.”

With the republication of the original Introduction to African Civilizations, readers now have access to Willis B. Huggins C his ability as a historian, his dedication as an activist, and to one of the more important works produced by a Black self-trained historian.

• Ethiopia and the Origin of Civilization (BCP Pamphlet Series)
• The African Origin of Civilization: Myth or Reality
• Pagan Origins of the Christ Myth
• Civilization or Barbarism: An Authentic Anthropology
• Precolonial Black Africa: A Comparative Study of the Political and Social Systems of Europe and Black Africa, from Antiquity to the Formation of Modern States
• Christopher Columbus and the Afrikan Holocaust: Slavery and the Rise of European Capitalism
• Spirituality Before Religions: Spirituality is Unseen Science...Science is Seen Spirituality
• 101 Myths of the Bible: How Ancient Scribes Invented Biblical History
• The Story of Moors in Spain
• Black Africa: The Economic and Cultural Basis for a Federated State