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Afrocentrism Debate
A heated, racial, academic debate between establishment and other theorists about the role of Egypt and other parts of Africa in the formation of our Greco-Roman heritage.
Afrocentrism
Afrocentrism is a political movement that believes Greek culture was borrowed from Black Africans.
Afrocentrism
Skeptic's Dictionary calls it "a pseudohistorical political movement that erroneously claims that African-Americans should trace their roots back to ancient Egypt because it was peopled by black Africans."
Building Bridges to Afrocentrism
Ann Macy Roth urges her colleagues to listen to the claims of Afrocentrists with an open mind, not only because there may be some good ideas but the Afro-American community strongly supports Egyptological studies.
Fallacies of Afrocentrism
Although the teacher who wrote this page says, "(I) think Bernal (Black Athena, Volume I) is right when he points out that after 1800 study of Egypt -- and also of the Semitic mid-east -- was systematically denigrated for racist reasons," he points out serious flaws.
Not Out of Africa
Mary Lefkowitz answers questions about the racial heritage of Socrates and Cleopatra, why she wrote Not Out of Africa: How Afrocentrism Became an Excuse to Teach Myth as History,the influence of Egypt on Greece.
Artemis Greek Goddess
In Greek mythology, the goddess Artemis was the virgin goddess of the hunt in Greek mythology.