In October 2023, Sciences Humaines in France published the anthology La grande histoire de l’Afrique (Editor: Laurent Testor). The global historian of ideas Dag Herbjørnsrud contributed to the book with the article «L’ histoire oubliée des pensées africaines» («The forgotten history of African thoughts»), which covers texts from Ancient Egypt/Kemet via Timbuktu and Ethiopia to Anton W. Amo and Phillis Wheatley. Info on the book on African history, Le grande […]
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In December 2019, the leading French magazine Sciences Humaines (edition Historie) has published the article «L’histoire oubliée des pensées africaines» (The forgotten history of African ideas) by the global historian of ideas Dag Herbjørnsrud (founder of SGOKI). This text is part of a larger special issue on Africa – see list of content (sommaire). The article covers texts from Egypt (Kemet) – like the 3,700-year-old lamenation by Ankhu (ca 1700 […]