"Revised edition"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-370) and index.

Ethiopia's oldest daughter: Egypt -- Egypt: the rise and fall of black civilization -- The first cataract: the black world's new borderline -- The two that carried on -- The African constitution: birth of democracy -- The scattering of the people routes to death and destruction -- The resurrection and the life: case studies by sttes -- Central Africa: evidence from a small state -- White devils from the West -- The last of the black empires -- A view from the bridge -- The black world at the crossroads -- Organizing a race for action -- The shape of things to come: a master plan -- Biographical notes. A widely read classic exposition of the history of Africans on the continent, the people of African descent in the United States and in the diaspora. This is well researched scholarly work detailing the development of civilisation in Africa and its destruction.