An Unorthodox look at African History and Culture

[Dover]

In most of his contributions to the Journal of African Civilizations, author Wayne B. Chandler presents new and provocative information on subjects that were previously regarded as closed. I believe it is his broad immersion in several disciplines that allows him to approach history in an unorthodox manner. He embraces many elements - the religious, philosophical, and scientific - of these ancient empires. -- Ivan Van Sertima


Anybody already read these books? They look really interesting...a revised African history.


Hannibal: Nemesis of Rome
Chandler challenges the accepted myth that the great African general Hannibal was European. Hannibal was the scourge of Rome for fiteen years. His tactical feats awed the military strategists of many different lands and centuries. he single-handedly put his nation on the world's historical map. Without his exploits, argues Chandler, Carthage would be unknown save to a few erudite scholars. But who was Hannibal? Chandler provides images of an ancient coin with an African head on one side and Surus, the favorite elephant of Hannibal, on the other. Surus was among the last elephants to survive the march across the Alps. Hannibal mounted this elephant and no other. Why would any artist laboriously carve out the head of an insignificant mahout (elephant rider) on the front of a coin that commemorated the general's mount? It is difficult not to conclude that this is an image of the general himself, whose epic march across the Alps was captured...

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