Africa: Mother of Western Civilization
- ISBN-10
- 0933121253
- ISBN-13
- 9780933121256
- Series
- Africa
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 717
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1988
- Publisher
- Black Classic Press
- Author
- Yosef Ben-Jochannan
Description
When the vast majority of mankind in the “Western World” refer to a Slave it is the African-American or his African ancestor is mean. This image has been perpetuated by every branch of “Western” education and religion, both Christian (Roman Catholic and Protestant) and Jewish (all branches of Judaism); and presented in a manner that would suggest an origin dating back to a time of PURITY in ancient Europe amongst the Greeks and Romans; and origins that insinuate the beginning of WORLD CIVILIATION, thus the terms: “Greek philosophy” and “Western Civilization
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